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In this section you get a brief look at the research, with practical implications, currently undertaken in the area of dental implants and related areas.
Clicking the highlighted link in the end of each summary, will take you to an abstract of the article, as presented by the PubMed database.
Reuse of coverscrews?
Many clinicians have probably been tempted to the reuse of coverscrews. Beside the ethical considerations of re-using medical devices, it has been uncertain to what extent the surface changes due to previous use will alter the tissue response compared to a brand new coverscrew.
Zvi Schwartz et al. shows that the reuse of coverscrews - after proper cleaning and sterilisation - do not affect the overlying epithelial and connective tissues compared to the new coverscrews at the time of removal (abutment connection 3-6 month later). However, the study does not support the reuse of titanium in bone. The study suggests it is clinical safe to reuse a coverscrew, but only in the same patient (ed. NGP)
Schwartz, Z. et al. (2000). Re-use of implant coverscrews changes their surface properties but not clinical outcome.
Clin Oral Impl Res 11: 183-194
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