What Are Screwless Dental Implants? Sorting the Marketing From the Hardware, and What to Ask Stubbs Dental
"Screwless" is a marketing term rather than a clinical category, and it usually refers to one of two different things: an implant system whose abutment locks in by friction instead of a screw, or a crown cemented onto an abutment so no screw access hole shows on the chewing surface. Neither one eliminates surgery, which is the misconception worth clearing up first. Patients asking an implant practice such as Stubbs Dental for a screwless option are often surprised to learn the post still goes into the jawbone the same way, and that the difference sits entirely in how the parts…
