Loading Of Dental Implants

Appropriate loading on dental implant is one of the important factors for long term success of implant prosthesis. Implant-bone interface can easily tolerate the physiological limit of compressive force in a better way than the tensile and shear force. A proper occlusal scheme can eliminate the tensional and shear stresses develop at the implant bone interface under masticatory load and can lengthen the longevity of the implant prosthesis. However the immediate and early loading of dental implant helps to develop a strong implant bone interface with the formation of mature laminar bone. Therefore to get a strong implant bone interface and to reduce the crestal bone loss, the proper occlusal scheme and occlusal loading at correct time is essential. This book emphasizes the different protocol for loading of dental implant prosthesis.