title: Cost-saving implant training aids.
abstract: This article describes a simple step-by-step procedure that uses inexpensive materials to enable those who wish to learn procedures used in the construction of a screw-type implant overdenture to practice these procedures before they use expensive precious metal components. The use of this procedure will result in considerable savings in training costs and affords a greater opportunity to provide practical experience before making this type of an overdenture for patients. It could also provide for a rapid expansion in the number of trained personnel who could make this form of treatment available to a larger number of patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Doherty
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D003722:Dental Alloys; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000193:education*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000191:economics; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000191:economics; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D010969:Plastics