There is no ‘best way’ to secure crowns to dental implants. There are two popular methods, each having advantages and disadvantages. Root-form dental implants in Santa Barbara were first intended to replace a single tooth. They were used to support multiple teeth that were fixed restorations placed on implants. Those dental implants had inadequate anti-rotation features. It took several years to develop successful single crowns supported by dental implants in Santa Barbara.
A concept used during the development stage was a fabrication abutment that was separate from the dental implant held in place with a screw, or a screw went through the crown to the dental implant without an abutment that was separate. As screws that held abutments on dental implants in Santa Barbara loosened, challenges occurred. Significant effort was required by a Santa Barbara dentist to make unpredictable restoration and abutment removal.
The separate abutment concept had the advantage of a crown that has no hole. The hole, on the other hand, made crown removal simpler and more predictable if a screw is loosened. The biggest advantage a dentist finds when abutments are screwed on, and prostheses or crowns are cemented over them is the ability to compensate for nearly any angulation of implant placement. Esthetic results are achieved when a Santa Barbara dentist uses metal abutments that screw on. The restorations are applied with provisional implant cement.
Screwing directly through the crow to the dental implant has some significant advantages. There are only three parts used by a dentist, the screw, the implant, and the crown. If the prostheses, crown, or restoration can be placed without an unattractive screw hole showing, this concept of screwing through the restoration is currently the most used by a Santa Barbara dentist.