Screw Retained vs Cement Retained Implant Crowns

When it comes to the restoration of implants, we typically have two treatment options: Screw-retained or Cement-retained. Although both treatment options can be used predictably, they each have their own advantages and disadvantages:

screw retained implant

Screw-retained

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Cement-retained

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Literature reports suggest many clinicians transitioned to restore an increasing number of implants as screw-retained. Why this transition? Mainly because there is a lot of good research showing the problems like peri- implantitis associated with leaving residual cement in a cement retained implant crown which may lead to implant failure

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