The effect of functional overloading on crestal bone loss around a dental implant

At the end of the bone remodeling process, frequently funnel‐like collapses of the cortical bone (crestal bone losses) are clinically registered around the neck of dental implants. It is generally suspected that either inflammations or mechanical “overloading” of the bone during the clinical loading phase are responsible for this phenomenon. From the results of this numerical simulation we conclude that overloading might indeed be a major cause for these bone losses.