title: An implant-transfer technique without impression material.
abstract: Different transfer impression techniques for implant-supported prostheses have been suggested to obtain a working cast. This article describes and illustrates clinical and laboratory prosthodontic procedures to transfer implant positions with splinted transfer copings and without impression material to form a laboratory analog transfer template. With this technique, a preliminary cast is modified to place the analogs according to a corrected position and obtain the master cast. Although this technique does not record adjacent tissues, it is a simple procedure, less time consuming, and easily performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, Araçatuba Dental School, Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil 16015-050. wirley@foa.unesp.br
authors.forename: Wirley Gonçalves
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Assunção
authors.forename: Erica Alves
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aparecida Delben
authors.forename: Paulo Henrique
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: dos-Santos
authors.forename: Valentim Adelino
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ricardo Barão
authors.forename: Lucas Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Tabata
mesh_terms: D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D006801:Humans; D003765:Models, Dental; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003760:Dental Impression Materials