Effects of implant tilting and the loading direction on the displacement and micromotion of immediately loaded implants: an in vitro experiment and finite element analysis.
Tsutomu SugiuraKazuhiko YamamotoSatoshi HoritaKazuhiro MurakamiSadami TsutsumiTadaaki KiritaPublished in: Journal of periodontal & implant science (2017)
Tilted implants may have a lower maximum extent of micromotion than axial implants under mesiodistal oblique loading. The maximum micromotion values were strongly influenced by the loading direction. The maximum micromotion values did not reflect the abutment displacement values.