The impact of implant-related characteristics on dental implant blooming: An in vitro study.
Mihai TarceAlexander de GreefPierre LahoudKarla de Faria VasconcelosReinhilde JacobsMarc QuirynenPublished in: Clinical oral implants research (2022)
Dental implants show a clear diameter increase on CBCT, with the effect being more pronounced for zirconium than for titanium implants. Similar effects are likely to occur in the clinical setting, potentially masking nonosseointegration, reducing the dimensions of peri-implant defects, and/or causing underestimation of the buccal bone thickness.