Affiliations 

  • 1 Jabatan Pergigian Operatif, Fakulti Pergigian, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, 11 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119083
Case Rep Dent, 2017;2017:9373818.
PMID: 28396807 DOI: 10.1155/2017/9373818

Abstract

This report describes the clinical and technical aspects in the oral rehabilitation of an edentulous patient with knife-edge ridge at the mandibular anterior edentulous region, using implant-retained overdentures. The application of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) in the fabrication of the overdenture framework simplifies the laboratory process of the implant prostheses. The Nobel Procera CAD/CAM System was utilised to produce a lightweight titanium overdenture bar with locator attachments. It is proposed that the digital workflow of CAD/CAM milled implant overdenture bar allows us to avoid numerous technical steps and possibility of casting errors involved in the conventional casting of such bars.

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