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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 13 Jul 2020

Effect of Serrating Abutment-Implant Mating Surface on Torque Stability of Implant-Abutment Connection, Before and After Cyclic Loading

DDS, MS,
DDS, MS, and
DDS, MS
Page Range: 555 – 561
DOI: 10.1563/aaid-joi-D-19-00029
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This study evaluated the effect of adding serration to the abutment-implant connection on torque maintenance before and after loading. Two implant systems with the same dimensions and connection design (internal 8° Morse taper octagon) were selected: one with nonserrated abutments (Simple line II) and the other one with serrated abutments (F & B). The removal torque value (RTV) was measured in 2 groups for each system: one group with one-piece abutments and the other group with 2-piece abutments, before and after cyclic loading (n = 10 in each group). The initial RTV of the abutment screw was measured with a digital torque meter. Each abutment received a cement-retained metal crown with 30° occlusal surface. Cyclic axial peak load of 75 ± 5 N was applied to the implants for 500 000 cycles at 1 Hz. The post-load RTV was then measured. Two-way and repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), and independent t test were applied to assess the effects of cyclic loading, connection design, abutment type, and their interaction on the percentage of torque loss (α = .05). Two-way ANOVA showed that serration of mating surfaces had a significant effect on torque maintenance before (P < .001) and after (P = .004) cyclic loading. Repeated-measures ANOVA also showed that loading had a significant effect on the torque loss percentage (P < .01). Comparison of the groups with t test showed that the torque loss of the serrated groups was lower than that of non- serrated groups. Despite the limitations of this study, the stability of the implant-abutment connection in the serrated design was higher than that of non-serrated group.

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(a) Adding the serration feature to the implant-abutment connection. (b) Conventional implant-abutment internal connection.


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(a) F&B 1-piece abutment with serration on connection (F1). (b) F&B 2-piece abutment with serration on connection (F2). (c) Dentium 1-piece abutment (D1). (d) Dentium 2-piece abutment (D2).


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Torque loss percentage before and after cyclic loading in each group.


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