title: Use of a digitally planned and fabricated mandibular complete denture for easy conversion to an immediately loaded provisional fixed complete denture. Part 1. Planning and surgical phase.
abstract: This article describes a unique prosthetically driven protocol that uses computeraided engineering to develop sophisticated, scientific algorithms that guide the fabrication of a conversion denture using the AvaDent Digital Denture system (Global Dental Science). This system is combined with Nobel Clinician (Nobel Biocare) implant-planning software to optimize accuracy and to make it easier and faster to convert a denture to an immediately loaded provisional implant supported fixed complete denture following implant placement, using a NobelGuide surgical template.
authors.forename: Jaime L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lozada
authors.forename: Antoanela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garbacea
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Goodacre
authors.forename: Mathew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kattadiyil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016302:Centric Relation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods; D059605:Dental Implant-Abutment Design; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003779:Denture Design; D003825:Denture, Complete, Immediate; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057893:Immediate Dental Implant Loading; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014716:Vertical Dimension