In this week’s episode, Dr. Robert Stanley, The Smile Engineer® challenges a long-standing trend in implant prosthodontics: the idea that highly polished implant collars are biologically superior or somehow necessary for success. You may have heard that a mirror-like, ultra-polished collar at the implant-abutment interface prevents complications or better mimics natural biology, but does it? In this no-nonsense discussion, Dr. Rob takes apart that assumption and asks clinicians to think critically about biology, biomechanics, and clinical evidence, not just marketing claims.

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