Reliability of one-piece ceramic implant.

Unlabelled: The fundamental aspects of damage initiation and accumulation in one-piece zirconium oxide endosseous dental implants remain to be investigated.

Aims: This study tested the null hypothesis that there is no influence on mouth-motion fatigue reliability and failure modes between as-received and after full crown preparation on one-piece ceramic implants.

Methods: Forty-eight one-piece Y-TZP ceramic implants (Nobel Biocare, Goteborg, Sweden) were utilized.