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Full Mouth Restoration on Dental Implants Utilizing Titanium Laser‐Welded Frameworks
Author(s) -
SCHNEIDER ROBERT
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.919
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1708-8240
pISSN - 1496-4155
DOI - 10.1111/j.1708-8240.2009.00265.x
Subject(s) - dental technician , dentistry , technician , orthodontics , medicine , engineering , electrical engineering
In today's dental literature, most frequently, esthetics are addressed with fixed restorations. This article will illustrate the opportunity to provide our patients with very good esthetic outcomes with a hopeless dentition utilizing dental implants, laser‐welded titanium components, and characterized acrylic resin prostheses. The definitive prostheses provide excellent facial support, phonetics, esthetics, smile line, and function. The steps in such a treatment will be presented from the clinical to dental laboratory procedures. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Incorporating newer technology into our patient treatment plans, which increasingly includes dental implants, may allow more time‐efficient, esthetic, predictable, and reliable treatment. Laser‐welded titanium frameworks offer many advantages for the patient, clinician, and dental technician, which are illustrated.