SUB-CRESTAL IMPLANTS WITH PLATFORM-SWITCHING AND ONE TIME ABUTMENT

F. Cecchetti¹, M. Di Girolamo¹, M. Spuntarelli², L. Baggi¹, L. Ottria³ and D. Mazza¹

¹Dept. of social dentistry and gnathological rehabilitation, National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty, (NIHMP), Roma, Italy;
²Private Practice;
³Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Correspondence to:
Dario Mazza, DDS
Department of Social Dentistry and Gnathological Rehabilitation,
National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP),
Rome, Italy
e-mail: mzzdra@hotmail.com

Received:  11 July 2023 Accepted: 29 August 2023

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ABSTRACT

The use of dental implants in the rehabilitation of partially or fully edentulous patients is a treatment that has been validated over the last 40 years, with a high success rate. The introduction of platform switching, i.e. the use of abutments with a smaller diameter than the implant neck, has also resulted in an important benefit in terms of biomechanical behaviour, influence on crestal bone and peri-implant soft tissue response. A series of cases using BioPlatform GTB implants in different situations is presented.

KEYWORDS: short implants, platform switching, one time abutment