PLATFORM SWITCHING- A PARADIGM SHIFT IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY
- Post graduate student Department of Periodontology Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur.
- Head of Department and Professor Department of Periodontology Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur.
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In an attempt to improve long term bone maintenance around implants, a new implant to abutment connection referred to as “platform switching” has been proposed. It refers to the use of an abutment of smaller diameter connected to an implant neck of larger diameter. Bone platform switching involves an inward bone ring in the coronal part of the implant that is in continuity with the alveolar bone crest. Bone platform switching is obtained by using a dental fixture with a reverse conical neck. It is used as a method of reducing crestal bone loss and maintaining the gingival papillae. Platform switching appears to limit crestal resorption and seems to preserve peri-implant bone levels.
[Grishmi Niswade, Deepti Gattani (2016); PLATFORM SWITCHING- A PARADIGM SHIFT IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jan). 215-218] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
