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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

A New Site Preparation Protocol That Supports Bone Quality Evaluation and Provides Predictable Implant Insertion Torque.

Stefan Velikov, Cristiano Susin, Peter Heuberger, Ainara Irastorza-Landa

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors.

Stefan VelikovNobel Biocare Services AG P.O. Box, CH-8058 Zürich-Flughafen, Switzerland.
Cristiano SusinDepartment of Periodontology, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Peter HeubergerNobel Biocare Services AG P.O. Box, CH-8058 Zürich-Flughafen, Switzerland.
Ainara Irastorza-LandaNobel Biocare Services AG P.O. Box, CH-8058 Zürich-Flughafen, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When preparing an implant site, clinicians often base their assessment of the bone on subjective tactile and visual cues. This assessment is used to plan the surgical procedure for site preparation, including how many drilling steps will be used. The subjective nature of bone evaluation, consequently, results in poor reproducibility and may lead to under or over preparation of the site. Recently, an unconventional site preparation protocol was developed in which the decision of which instruments to use is dictated by insertion torque of the novel site preparation instrument (OsseoShaper

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bone densitybone qualitydental implantsimplant insertion torqueosteotomysite preparation

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PMID32054122
PMCPMC7074433

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