Simulated damage of two implant debridement methods: Nonsurgical approach with Teflon and stainless steel hand scalers

• Main Authors: João Paulo Mendes Tribst (Author), Amanda Maria de Oliveira Dal Piva (Author), Dimas Renno de Lima (Author), Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges (Author), Marco Antonio Bottino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Mechanical scaling is the most common treatment of periodontal and peri-implant tissue infections. Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of mechanical prophylactic therapy on the residual stresses in the implant and hand scaler. Settings and Design: For finite-element analysis, a...