title: Rehabilitation of maxillary edentulism with implant-supported milled-bar prostheses.
abstract: Implantology has allowed more options for rehabilitation of complete and partially edentulous patients. The professional should describe all possible alternatives to the patient, addressing all the positive and negative aspects of each possibility, such as treatment time, complexity of surgical procedures, and the final cost. The patient should select the best cost-benefit relationship because fixed prostheses are often not the option of choice for the patient. The aim of this article is to present one possible treatment option for the completely edentulous patient by use of implants to support and retain a removable complete or partial prosthesis. The clinical situations were rehabilitated by the use of a milled bar screwed to the implants to support a removable prosthesis with attachments and a milled metallic groove, which provide many advantages to the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occlusion, Fixed Prosthesis, and Dental Materials, Federal University of Uberlandia, School of Dentistry, Uberlandia/MG Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana Gouveia
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Straioto
authors.forename: Alessandra Miranda
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.forename: Célio Jesus
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: do Prado
authors.forename: Flávio Domingues
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: das Neves
authors.forename: Alfredo Júlio Fernandes
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Neto
mesh_terms: D003722:Dental Alloys; D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys; D015921:Dental Implants