J Korean Acad Prosthodont.  2012 Apr;50(2):128-134. 10.4047/jkap.2012.50.2.128.

Evaluation of reverse torque value of abutment screws on CAD/CAM custom-made implant abutments

• Lee CJ
• Yang SE
• Kim SG

• KMID: 2195507
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4047/jkap.2012.50.2.128

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to compare the screw joint stability between the CADCAM custom-made implant abutment and the prefabricated implant abutment by measuring the reverse torque value after cyclic loading.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Twelve screw type implants (Implantium, Dentium Co., Seoul, Korea) were embedded in aluminum cylinder with acrylic resin. The implant specimens were equally divided into 3 groups, and connected to the prefabricated titanium abutments (Implantium, Dentium Co., Seoul, Korea), CADCAM custom-made titanium abutments (Myplant, Raphabio Co., Seoul, Korea) and CADCAM custom-made zirconia abutments (Zirconia Myplant, Raphabio Co., Seoul, Korea). The CAD-CAM milled titanium crown (Raphabio Co., Seoul, Korea) was cemented on each implant abutment by resin cement. Before cyclic loading, each abutment screw was tightened to 30 Ncm and the reverse torque value was measured about 30 minutes later. After the crown specimen was subjected to the sinusoidal cyclic loading (30 to 120 N, 500,000 cycles, 2 Hz), postloading reverse torque value was measured and the reverse torque loss ratio was calculated. Kruskal-Wallis test was used for statistical analysis of the reverse torque loss ratio.
RESULTS
The CADCAM custom-made titanium abutments presented higher values in reverse torque loss ratio without statistically significant differences than the prefabricated titanium abutments (P>.05). Reverse torque loss ratio of the custom-made zirconia abutments was significantly higher compared to that of the prefabricated titanium abutments (P=.014).
CONCLUSION
Within the limitation of the present in-vitro study, it was concluded that there was no significant difference in screw joint stability between the CADCAM custom-made titanium abutments and the prefabricated titanium abutments. On the other hand, the CADCAM custom-made zirconia abutments showed lower screw joint stability than prefabricated titanium abutments.

Keyword

CADCAM custom-made abutment; Reverse torque value; Reverse torque loss ratio

MeSH Terms

Aluminum
Computer-Aided Design
Crowns
Hand
Joints
Resin Cements
Titanium
Torque
Zirconium
Aluminum
Resin Cements
Titanium
Zirconium

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Left: Prefabricated titanium abutment (Implantium, Dentium Cor., Seoul, Korea), Right: CADCAM custom-made titanium abutment (Myplant, Raphabio co., Seoul, Korea).

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  Fig. 2 Titanium crown (Raphabio Co., Seoul, Korea) with abutment screw hole and loading indentation.

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  Fig. 3 Crown specimen cemented on CADCAM custom-made zirconia abutment (Myplant, Raphabio Co., Seoul, Korea).

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  Fig. 4 Digital torque wrench (DP2, Torqueworld Cor., Seoul, Korea).

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  Fig. 5 Hydraulic dynamic testing machine (MTS 810, MTS systems corp., Cary, NC, USA) and aluminum jig.

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  Fig. 6 Schematic diagram of testing condition (loading angle).

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