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A member asked:
Does the crown on an implant screw on or get glued on?
6 doctors weighed in across 5 answers
Depends: A crown can be either cement retained on an abutment or it can be screw retained directly to the dental implant itself. There advantages and disadvantages to both. Certain instances will require a screw retained crown.
Answered 4/25/2015
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Depends: Depends on the preference of your doctor. All of my work are crowns cemented on implant-abutments.
Answered 9/16/2013
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Depends: Depending on the situation the crown can either be screwed or glued in. It depends on how much space there is when the crown is placed and the frequency of retreivability for this crown is.
Answered 9/14/2015
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Either: Depends on the design and placement of the implant supporting it.I always prefer screwed in crowns for a number of reasons.There is no concern with cement irritation of tissues, full seating is confirmed ( no cement layer),no worries about how strong a cement to use to allow retrievability if needed and yet keep crown in place.Typically the posterior (back) allows for screw-in due to no angulation
Answered 12/30/2014
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Either way: Fixed implant reconstructions can be screwed or cemented to the abutments. In some cases dentists combine fixed abutments and screwed abutments in one implant superstructure.
Answered 1/14/2015
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Should a loosened screw on an implant crown be removed, cleaned/inspected, prior to retightening? If not, could a bacterial infection develop?
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Tooth molar 3 in upper right quadrant now has implant screw and waiting 3 months for crown. Missing forever 2nd and 3rd molar. Not implantable. I really want a screw retained crown for molar 3. I have 2 retained but not molar area. Is this a option?
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As a general rule, should the 2 dental implant crowns I get tomorrow be placed with temporary cement for a time or not always? They are not screw ins.
So, all things being equal for two dental implants, is it better to get a screw retained crown or a cemented crown (pick one that is better)?
My Implant crown fell off yesterday (Thursday) and I can't get in to see my dentist until late Tuesday. My question is how do I properly take care of the screw that is sticking out of my gum until then? And my mouth in general until then?
My general dentist wants to install a cemented vs. screw type implant crown. I respect him but want to leave future options open. Does it matter?
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