A rationale method for evaluating unscrewing torque values of prosthetic screws in dental implants

• Main Authors: Felipe Miguel Saliba (Author), Mayra Cardoso (Author), Marcelo Ferreira Torres (Author), Alexandre Carvalho Teixeira (Author), Eduardo José Veras Lourenço (Author), Daniel de Moraes Telles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Previous studies that evaluated the torque needed for removing dental implant screws have not considered the manner of transfer of the occlusal loads in clinical settings. Instead, the torque used for removal was applied directly to the screw, and most of them omitted the possibility tha...