title: Dual-purpose, radiographic-surgical implant template: fabrication technique.
abstract: A technique for fabrication of an implant radiographic-surgical template for the partially-edentulous patient is proposed. A mixture of barium sulfate and acrylic resin provides a radiopaque template of the planned implant restorations in relation to the hard tissues. This template is easily converted to a surgical guide.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Prosthodontics Program, University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Dentistry, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003765:Models, Dental; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed