title: Electrical discharge machining.
abstract: This article describes a laboratory technique of achieving the highest degree of passive fit of an implant-retained restoration using electric discharge machining (EDM). This process can save time by eliminating the need for conventional soldering procedures, increase the longevity of the restoration, and when used along with the clinical technique of fabricating a verification index, eliminate the clinical try-in phase.
authors.affiliation: Diplomate Dental Laboratory, Washington, DC 22047, USA.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: LaBarge
mesh_terms: D003735:Dental Casting Technique; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported / Q000379:methods*; D012994:Dental Soldering; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000379:methods; D004572:Electrolysis; D006801:Humans; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D013674:Technology, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*