Simplified methods for fabricating tissue-supported implant-retained overdentures with retention from a resilient liner.
Resilient denture liner materials can be useful for tissue-supported implant-retained overdentures. They allow physiologic movement of the denture toward the tissues. This article presents a technique that offers several advantages over other methods of fabricating the overdenture with a resilient liner, and of transferring the superstructure: the acrylic resin base and the heat-cured resilient liner material are cured simultaneously; superstructure blockout is performed in the laboratory instead of in the mouth, where blockout is difficult; and direct transfer of the superstructure bar is more accurate and eliminates possible fracture of the duplicated superstructure if formed in die stone.
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University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
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D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003722:Dental Alloys; D015921:Dental Implants; D003764:Dental Materials; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003819:Denture Bases; D003779:Denture Design; D003822:Denture Liners; D003823:Denture Rebasing; D003781:Denture Retention; D003824:Denture, Complete; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D012828:Silicones
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003722:Dental Alloys; D015921:Dental Implants; D003764:Dental Materials; D012828:Silicones; C040291:Lucitone