TheLabGuy
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I've seen a couple hexes on an internal connection snap off, and a handful of screws snap over the last 30+ years in the biz. Always due to occlusion, even instructed the hygienists/Docs to check implant crown occlusion when the patients come in for their recall/routine cleanings. What happens over time, is the vertical collapses, teeth get worn, pdl's collapse, etc... Now most of my clients get the hygiene on board, if a patient comes in for a cleaning and has implants, they check with some articulating paper and if high, adjust accordingly.
However, I've never seen this...I believe this was a conical connection - Straumann RC - snapped the screw and the abutment right in half. The rest of the screw is still deep in the implant, look closely. It's a case we did six years ago for the Dentist himself, his mouth. Told him to stop smarting off to his wife but he swears he was just eating a burrito.
However, I've never seen this...I believe this was a conical connection - Straumann RC - snapped the screw and the abutment right in half. The rest of the screw is still deep in the implant, look closely. It's a case we did six years ago for the Dentist himself, his mouth. Told him to stop smarting off to his wife but he swears he was just eating a burrito.