ABSTRACT

CONTENTS 2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................29 2.2 Wolff’s Law and Its Implications for Dental Implant Design .............30 2.3 Determining Which Parts of an Implant Should Be Provided with

Retention Elements......................................................................................31 2.4 Ideal Surface Roughness from a Biomechanical Angle.........................33 2.5 Ideal Implant Thread ..................................................................................34 2.6 The Implant-Abutment Interface..............................................................36