title: New abutment for a screw-retained, implant-supported crown.
abstract: The 1-piece, implant-supported abutment and crown, colloquially described as the UCLA abutment, commonly is used to fabricate single, screw-retained crowns. This abutment was designed to allow attachment of the crown directly to the implant and requires a waxing and casting procedure by a laboratory technician. A new prefabricated abutment has been developed that uses a similar approach but does not require the waxing and casting process. The PDQ abutment is made from a metal-ceramic alloy that is custom contoured by grinding to support a porcelain veneer. Porcelain then is fired to the contoured abutment to develop the 1-piece artificial crown. This article describes the use of the PDQ abutment.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prisco
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Morgano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'amato
mesh_terms: D003442:Crowns; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003801:Dental Veneers; D006801:Humans; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys
chemical_list: D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain