Implant-supported removable restorations in the edentulous jaw

Contents

• Patient presentation, impression, comprehensive jaw relation records
• Wax-up, Fabrication of the provisional restoration
• Fabrication of a DVT based planning and drilling template
• Surgical procedures for inserting four implants in the mandible
• Suturing and relining of the existing denture as a provisional restoration
• After 12 weeks: Reentry and insertion of healing abutments
• Harvesting a free gingiva graft to extend the attached gingiva
• Verifying implant stability using Periotest
• Reworking the existing denture to fit on the healing abutments
• Impressioning with custom tray (pick-up technique)
• Demonstrating the line finder to transfer face axis
• Fabricating the three restorations with Locator® attachments, electroplated double crown, precision-milled bar
• The matrix and retention parts of the Locator® system, transferring the Locator® abutments to the implants
• Fabricating the electroplated copings, intraoral adhesively connecting the electroplated copings to the cast framework (passive fit), finishing and delivery
• Removable restoration on a custom-milled bar, clinical and laboratory workflow, delivery
• Maintaining implant-supported restorations