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4/5🔹ASF-2 (Abutment screw fracture 2)🔹 The screw shank is the cylindrical length of the screw that extends from the underside of the head to the first thread. This is the most unsupported and no contact area of the abutment screw. Breaking of the screw is not that common. A bur is used, with the lateral blades reduced and just the apical blades rotating slowly counter-clockwise, engaging the broken part, to remove the screw. To be continued…

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