title: A protocol for immediate placement of a prefabricated screw-retained provisional prosthesis using computed tomography and guided surgery and incorporating planned alveoplasty.
abstract: Computer-aided design/computer-assisted manufacture technology is changing the way clinicians are planning treatment and delivering dental implant therapy. Although the current technology is impressive and successful clinically, there are limitations in the design that prevent all patients from benefiting immediately from this computer-designed modality. This article describes a unique prosthetically driven protocol that will allow the delivery of a prefabricated screw-retained all-acrylic prosthesis immediately after an alveoplasty with the immediate placement of dental implants.
authors.affiliation: PI Dental Center, Institute for facial Esthetics, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 19034, USA. balshi2@aol.com
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Balshi
authors.forename: Glenn J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Wolfinger
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Balshi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D000543:Alveoloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057893:Immediate Dental Implant Loading; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed