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Achieving primary stability continues being a major goal during implant placement. While threshold values objectively describing the optimally stable implant are missing, accelerated loading concepts ask for maximizing primary stability. Literature on the contrary points out that overloading of bone may occur during implant installation which ultimately leads to bone resorption in esthetically relevant areas. Recently introduced implant systems try to take this risk into account aiming to avoid excessive stress generation in the buccal bone plate. This presentation will provide an overview of stress situations generated with different implant systems, will review relevant literature and will introduce future research directions.
Learning Objectives:
Evaluate the concept of primary implant stability.
Understand the effect of surgical factors and implant design on bone stress.
Evaluate the effect of bone stress on periimplant bone levels.
