Current Status on Clinical Measurement of Implant Primary Stability

A primary stability is highly associated with successful osseointegration and long-term outcome of dental implant treatment.

However, there have been incomplete data and controversial studies regarding the validity and correlations among the stability measuring methods utilizing tapping sound, torque, resonance frequency analysis and damping capacity analysis.

This presentation will critically review the currently available implant stability measuring methods and their correlations based on In vitro research and clinical data.

The clinical relevancy of the measurements from each method also will be discussed.