title: Simplified procedure for replacement of retentive clips in a bar-retained implant overdenture.
abstract: Replacing the retentive elements in a bar-retained overdenture can be a difficult and time-consuming procedure. This article describes an impression procedure that allows the matrices in a bar-retained implant overdenture to be replaced in the laboratory using a heat-cured rebase procedure. Long waxing screws are used, which allows the bar to be removed in the rebase impression and incorporated in a new master cast. After completion of the laboratory phase, the bar is screwed back onto the implant abutments and the denture, with new retentive matrices, is inserted.
authors.affiliation: Edinburgh Dental Institute, Edinburgh, UK. gavin@leith85.freeserve.co.uk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bissell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016734:Dental Clasps; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003823:Denture Rebasing; D003780:Denture Repair / Q000379:methods*; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male