Bone Response to Loaded Implants With Non‐Matching Implant‐Abutment Diameters in the Canine Mandible

Abstract

Minimal histologic bone loss occurred when dental implants with non-matching implant-abutment diameters were placed at the bone crest and were loaded for 6 months in the canine. The bone loss was significantly less (five- to six-fold) than that reported for bone-level implants with matching implant-abutment diameters (butt-joint connections).