The abutment transfer driver: a prosthodontic implant adjunct.
Rapid, accurate seating and cementation of permanent implant abutment heads that have been substantially altered for interocclusal clearance or parallelism requirements can be accomplished with individual, custom cast, insertion devices. The evolution and design of these devices (abutment transfer drivers) for fixed and removable prostheses are described.
Judy
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Department of Prosthodontics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
D002484:Cementation; D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000295:instrumentation*
D015921:Dental Implants