title: Fabrication of a fractured mandibular bar-retained implant overdenture without implant-level impression making: a clinical report.
abstract: The most frequent mechanical complications of bar-retained implant overdentures (IODs) are fracture of the dentures, loosening of the bar screws, and the need to reactivate the retentive clips. When a bar-retained IOD with an acrylic resin base fractures, the existing bar attachment should be removed to fabricate a new overdenture. So far, no method has been previously described for remaking a fractured mandibular bar-retained IOD without removing the existing bar attachment. This article describes fabrication of a fractured mandibular bar-retained IOD with distally placed ball attachments using attachment transfer analogs. The described technique allows the patient to use the existing overdenture temporarily until the new overdenture is delivered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, University of Ankara, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. bculudag@gmail.com
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Uludag
mesh_terms: D016302:Centric Relation; D003722:Dental Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D003725:Dental Articulators; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D003767:Dental Occlusion, Balanced; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003819:Denture Bases; D003779:Denture Design; D003780:Denture Repair; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014716:Vertical Dimension
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys