Causes and prevention of food impaction after fixed im-plant supported restoration
GE Yan-jun
PAN Shao-xia
Abstract：Food impaction is a common complication of fixed implant supported restoration with high prevalence and severe threat to oral health.It is classified into three subtypes:vertical,horizontal and mixed type,which is the most common-ly used classification clinically.Many factors are related to food impaction,such as,hard and soft tissue around implant,implant and its superior prosthesis,adjacent tooth,opposite jaw tooth,occlusion,teeth alignment and personal habit.There is no simple and effective therapeutic method clinically.Prevention should be the first choice,and a multidisciplinary approaches of restoration,periodontology and orthodontics can be applied following confirmed diagnosis.
Keywords：fixed implant supported restorationfood im-pactionproximal contact losscause of occurrenceocclusion
Publication Date：2024-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 26-32 )