European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Load-Bearing Capacity of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Abutments and One-Piece Implants

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Cover Date

June 2015

Print ISSN

0965-7452

Vol

23

Issue

2

Abstract

10.1922/EJPRD_1434Etxeberria08

Load-Bearing Capacity of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Abutments and One-Piece Implants
Marina Etxeberria, Aous A. Abdulmajeed, Tomas Escuin, Miguel Vinas, Lippo V.J. Lassila, Timo O. Närhi


ABSTRACT
Fiber-reinforced composites (FRC) can potentially help in a physiologic stress transmission due to its excellent biomechanical matching with living tissues. Novel one-piece FRC implants and abutments with two different fiber orientations were loaded until failure to assess the load-bearing capacity, fracture patterns, and precision of fit. The onepiece FRC implants showed significantly higher load-bearing capacity compared to FRC abutments regardless of the fiber orientation (p<0.001). For FRC abutments, bidirectional abutments showed significantly higher loads compared to unidirectional abutments (p<0.001). The type of structure and fiber orientation are strong determinant factors of the load-bearing capacity of FRC implants and abutments.

Keywords
Fiber-Reinforced Composite Fiber Orientation Implant Abutment Load-bearing Capacity