Digital approach to fabricating a retrofitted abutment for reuse of an existing implant-supported fixed partial denture after the failure of an implant.

The failure of an implant that supports an implant-supported fixed partial denture (ISFPD) may result in a failure of the prosthesis. Although fabricating a new ISFPD after replacing the implant is ideal, patients may hope to reuse the existing ISFPD because of financial constraints. A technique for rescuing a 6-unit metal-ceramic ISFPD with computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) technology is described. Copyright © 2020 Editorial Council for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Citation

Ju-Hyoung Lee. Digital approach to fabricating a retrofitted abutment for reuse of an existing implant-supported fixed partial denture after the failure of an implant. The Journal of prosthetic dentistry. 2022 Feb;127(2):223-227

Mesh Tags

Substances

PMID: 33280828

search → result