Porcelain Fracture Resistance of Screw‐Retained, Cement‐Retained, and Screw‐Cement‐Retained Implant‐Supported Metal Ceramic Posterior Crowns

Abstract

The cement-retained restorations showed significantly higher mean fracture loads than the restorations having screw-access openings in their occlusal surface. The position of the screw-access hole within the occlusal surface did not significantly affect the porcelain fracture resistance.