Dental Implants Surgical Procedures & Techniques

Question 1

In a two-stage implant protocol, the second-stage surgery involves:

Accepted Answer

Removing the cover screw and placing a healing abutment

Answer

Placing the implant fixture

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Cementing the final crown

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Performing the bone graft

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of sequential drilling (drill protocol) during implant osteotomy preparation?

Accepted Answer

To incrementally enlarge the osteotomy while minimizing heat generation

Answer

To create a rough bone surface

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To remove all cortical bone

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To stimulate bleeding for healing

Question 3

Bone temperature should not exceed which threshold during implant drilling to prevent thermal osteonecrosis?

Accepted Answer

47°C

Answer

37°C

Answer

42°C

Answer

55°C

Question 4

Which flap design in implant surgery minimizes damage to the blood supply and preserves interdental papillae?

Accepted Answer

Papilla-sparing (papilla preservation) incision

Answer

Full-thickness trapezoidal flap

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Crestal split-thickness flap

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Envelope flap without vertical releasing incisions

Question 5

Flapless implant surgery (keyhole surgery) requires which prerequisite?

Accepted Answer

Adequate bone volume confirmed by CBCT and use of a surgical guide

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Significant bone augmentation needed

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Only applicable in edentulous patients

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No local anesthesia needed

Question 6

Primary stability (initial stability) during implant placement is primarily determined by:

Accepted Answer

Bone-to-implant contact achieved at time of surgery

Answer

Implant surface coating

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Healing time protocol

Answer

Abutment design