Primary implant stability
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Mechanical stabilization of dental implant
immediately after implantation. Its value is derived from a mechanical engraving of titanium screw implant in the bone tissue of the patient. High initial stabilization may be an indication for immediate loading with prosthetic reconstruction. Value of primary implant stabilization decreases gradually with reconstruction of bone tissue around the implant in the first weeks after surgery, giving place to the secondary stability. Its character is quite different than the initial stabilization, because results from the ongoing process of osseointegration. When the healing process is complete, the initial mechanical stability is fully replaced by biological stability. The most dangerous for implantation success is the moment of the lowest initial stabilization and yet insufficient bone reconstruction of providing long-term maintenance the implant. Usually it is in 3-4 weeks after surgery introduction of the implant. If primary stability was not high enough just after implantation the mobility of the implant in this critical moment is high and this can cause loss of the implant.
Dental implant
A dental implant is a "root" device, usually made of titanium, used in dentistry to support restorations that resemble a tooth or group of teeth to replace missing teeth....
immediately after implantation. Its value is derived from a mechanical engraving of titanium screw implant in the bone tissue of the patient. High initial stabilization may be an indication for immediate loading with prosthetic reconstruction. Value of primary implant stabilization decreases gradually with reconstruction of bone tissue around the implant in the first weeks after surgery, giving place to the secondary stability. Its character is quite different than the initial stabilization, because results from the ongoing process of osseointegration. When the healing process is complete, the initial mechanical stability is fully replaced by biological stability. The most dangerous for implantation success is the moment of the lowest initial stabilization and yet insufficient bone reconstruction of providing long-term maintenance the implant. Usually it is in 3-4 weeks after surgery introduction of the implant. If primary stability was not high enough just after implantation the mobility of the implant in this critical moment is high and this can cause loss of the implant.