title: A custom titanium implant-retained single-tooth restoration: a clinical report.
abstract: Titanium is an inexpensive metal that can be used to create custom cast restorations. Although special investment and casting equipment is needed to make titanium castings, the potential benefit of inexpensive, biocompatible, and custom restorations is significant. Porcelain can easily be applied to titanium with excellent bond strength and esthetics. Problems associated with casting roughness and fit can be corrected using electrical discharge machining. A method of diagnosis and treatment planning that evaluates the restorative space prior to implant placement and eliminates the use of machined components is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Chance
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003442:Crowns; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003734:Dental Casting Investment; D003735:Dental Casting Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*; D003833:Denture, Partial, Temporary; D004572:Electrolysis; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D003765:Models, Dental; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003734:Dental Casting Investment; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D014025:Titanium