Immediate implant-supported oral rehabilitation using a photocurable plastic skull model and laser welding. A technical note on the screw-retained type: Part 1.
OBJECTIVE
This article describes a new procedure for immediate implant-supported oral rehabilitation using a photocurable resin skull model and a laser-welding apparatus.


METHODS
Preoperatively, the framework was fabricated on a photocurable resin skull model produced from a CT scan and individually designed guide template. The implants were immediately placed using the guide template; laser welding connected the components of framework.


RESULTS
Despite the custom-made prosthesis, the total treatment from implant placement to superstructure placement can be completed within only 1 day.


CONCLUSIONS
This procedure for immediate implant-supported oral rehabilitation using a photocurable resin skull model and a laser-welding apparatus may be useful for any implant system and patient.
Tomotake
Yoritoki
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Department of Removable Prosthodontics, University of Tokushima, School of Dentistry, 3-18-15 Kuramoto, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.
Ishida
Osamu
O
Kanitani
Hideo
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Ichikawa
Tetsuo
T
D003725:Dental Articulators; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D012994:Dental Soldering / Q000379:methods*; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D003831:Denture, Partial, Immediate; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D007834:Lasers; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010969:Plastics; D012886:Skull; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015921:Dental Implants; D010969:Plastics