Methods used in the diagnosis of misfits between implant and abutment: a review of literature

Abstract

Objective: to discuss the imaging tests employed in the diagnosis of maladaptation between implant and prosthetic component. Material and Methods: to compose this bibliographic review, the databases CAPES, Pubmed, Cochrane and Medline were used. Initially, only periodicals of literature review, clinical studies and in vitro studies with the keywords used in Portuguese, with English synonyms were used: dental radiography, dental implant, dental prosthesis, implant abutment/misfit. Results: forty-six articles were retrieved based on the reading of the abstracts. After reading these articles, twenty-four articles in the Portuguese and English languages published between 1985 and 2016 were kept and were part of this review. Conclusion: the technique of parallelism is the most indicated, since variations in the vertical angle of the X-ray beam, from the orthogonal position, can hide maladjustments and generate clinical complications, compromising the rehabilitation treatment.