União dente - implante: é possível?

Abstract

Dental implants have been used successfully both in the treatment of edentulous patients and those partially edentulous. However, they do not have the same characteristics as natural teeth. This work seeks, therefore, provide a review of literature on the union of teeth and implants in the same prosthesis. Search in fact verifies the possibility of applying this kind of alternative in the treatment of partially edentulous patients. For this, we performed a review of recent literature to find articles that describe when to use this type of connection, their survival rates, rates of tooth intrusion, the types of connections and their influence, the change in bone level, the factors related to the stresses, biological and technical complications, patient satisfaction and guidelines about this type of alternative. All relate to the use of a tooth-implant-supported prosthesis.