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Volume 36 , Issue 3
May/June 2016
Pages 339–345

Guidelines for Clinical Management of Laser-Etched (Laser-Lok) Abutments in Two Different Clinical Scenarios: A Preclinical Laboratory Soft Tissue Assessment Study

Rodrigo Neiva, DDS, MS/Nick Tovar, PhD/Ryo Jimbo, DDS, PhD/Luiz F. Gil, DDS, MS/Paula Goldberg, BS/Joao P.M. Barbosa, DDS/Thomas Lilin, DVM/Paulo G. Coelho, DDS, PhD

PMID: 27100803
DOI: 10.11607/prd.2773

One-stage implants were placed in the mandibles of eight beagle dogs with laser-etched (LL) and machined abutments. After 4 weeks, half of the LL abutments were disconnected and reconnected after 10 minutes of saline storage, and the other half were replaced with a new LL abutment (impression simulation) with or without sulcus de-epithelialization. After abutment change, systems remained in vivo for 3 weeks. Results showed that LL abutments can be reconnected and that sulcus scoring prior to LL placement of one-stage implants receiving machined abutments may be beneficial.

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