Multi-unit implant-supported frameworks corrective finishing: influence on the marginal misfit and reliability of single-screw test

Author(s)

Luiz Gustavo Dias Daroz

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Piracicaba, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba
• Defense date: 2006-02-24

Examining board members

Guilherme Elias Pessanha Henriques; Marcelo Ferraz Mesquita; Maria da Gloria Chiarello de Mattos

• Advisor: Guilherme Elias Pessanha Henriques

Abstract

The fabrication of a passively fitting framework over abutments and fixtures, maintaining its structural integrity and with a low costs, is the ultimate goal of the construction process of a multi-unit implant-support prosthesis. Furthermore, the accuracy and reliability of the passive fit determination methods have a crucial hole on framework misfit analysis. The objective was to evaluate the passive fit by the single-screw test method of cast commercially pure titanium (CP Ti) implantsupported frameworks after the corrective finishing of cast cylinders fitting borders and screw seats. The hypothesis tested was that finishing procedures could affect the single screw test measurements reliability. Were fabricated 40 frameworks by onepiece casting method, being 20 CP Ti frameworks and others 20 Co-Cr frameworks. A metallic index containing 05 Branemark-type multi-unit abutment analogs and respective calcinable cylinders were used to frameworks fabrication. The CP Ti and Co-Cr frames were assembled in 2 sub-groups (n=10) accordingly with the finishing sequence proposed: Group A - corrective finishing of cast cylinder borders followed by corrective finishing of cast cylinder screw seats - and Group B - corrective finishing of cast cylinder screw seats followed by corrective finishing of cast cylinder borders-. This conduct produce 4 experimental groups (CPTi A and B; Co-Cr A and B). The marginal gaps, assessed over the metallic matrix using a traveling microscope, were carried out before and after each corrective finishing step accordingly with one screw test protocol. The marginal misfit means of each framework was considered as a unit to statistical analyses. The Friedman¿s test was used with significance level set as 5% to analyze the effect of the different corrective finishing steps over frameworks passive fit. In the CPTi A and B Groups, and in the Co-Cr A Group, there was no significant differences between experimental conditions (Group CPTi A, p=0.9048; Group CPTi B, p=0.273 and Grupo Co-Cr A, p=0.4966). However, in the CPTi B Group, a significant difference was found after cast cylinder fitting borders corrective finishing (p=0.0015). It was concluded that the finishing process does not show any effect over Ti framewoks misfit values. However, to a group of Co-Cr frames, the fitting borders corrective finishing has a deleterious effect over passivity. The corrective finishing procedures seamed do not influence the single-screw test reliability, nevertheless, it should be used carefully and requires further improvements to guarantee a sever usage (AU)