A radiograph positioning technique to evaluate prosthetic misfit and bone loss around implants.
A radiograph positioning device was developed to fit with commercially available film holders and implant systems. The device is indexed to the dental implant body and the adjacent dentition by using an implant placement driver and polyvinyl siloxane occlusal registration material. By fitting the device to a conventional film holder, accurate orthogonal radiographs can monitor changes in bone architecture and prosthetic misfit.
Resident, Postgraduate Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif. Electronic address: kevin.kclin@gmail.com.
Kevin C
KC
Lin
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash; and Private practice, Bellevue, Wash.
Chandur P K
CP
Wadhwani
Health Sciences Clinical Professor, School of Dentistry, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Arun
A
Sharma
Health Sciences Clinical Professor and Division Chair, School of Dentistry, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Frederick
F
Finzen
D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation; D015921:Dental Implants; D003760:Dental Impression Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000295:instrumentation; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000737:chemistry; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation; D012833:Siloxanes / Q000737:chemistry
D015921:Dental Implants; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D011145:Polyvinyls; D012833:Siloxanes; C034183:vinyl polysiloxane