title: Use of intraoral digital scanning for a CAD/CAM-fabricated milled bar and superstructure framework for an implant-supported, removable complete dental prosthesis.
abstract: This report describes a clinical technique for fabricating a maxillary implant-supported, removable complete dental prosthesis by using an intraoral digital scanner to register implant positions and soft tissue morphology. The presented technique uses computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology with a subtractive manufacturing process to fabricate a milled bar (infrastructure framework) and an additive process to fabricate a friction fit, superstructure framework. This digital restorative pathway may decrease patient discomfort and reduce the labor associated with fabricating implant-supported, removable complete dental prostheses.
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky. Electronic address: WeiShao.Lin@Louisville.edu.
authors: Wei-Shao
authors: WS
authors: Lin
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.
authors: Jang-Ching
authors: JC
authors: Chou
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of General Dentistry and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Metz
authors: Associate Professor, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.
authors: Bryan T
authors: BT
authors: Harris
authors: Professor, Chair, and Director, Advanced Education in Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.
authors: Dean
authors: D
authors: Morton
mesh_terms: D002858:Chromium Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003725:Dental Articulators; D015921:Dental Implants; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003819:Denture Bases; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000295:instrumentation; D003765:Models, Dental; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D014093:Tooth, Artificial
chemical_list: D002858:Chromium Alloys; D015921:Dental Implants