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- Title
Prosthetic Improvement of Pronounced Buccally Positioned Zygomatic Implants: A Clinical Report.
- Authors
Bacchi, Ataís; dos Santos, Mateus Bertolini Fernandes; Pimentel, Marcele Jardim; Nóbilo, Mauro Antonio de Arruda; Consani, Rafael Leonardo Xediek
- Abstract
This report presents a prosthetic technique for the improvement of surgically positioned, buccally placed zygomatic implants with the use of custom abutments for improved retention screw position and an esthetic implant reconstruction. The patient presented four zygomatic implants with pronounced buccal inclination. The anterior implants were inclined toward the location where the anterior artificial teeth should be placed during rehabilitation. As the manufacturer does not provide angulated abutments, we attempted the waxing and overcasting of a prosthetic abutment, repositioning the access holes of the prosthetic screws to a more palatal position. This clinical report demonstrates that abutment customization could be an interesting way to relocate the access holes of the prosthetic screws in cases of zygomatic implants with pronounced buccal inclination.
- Subjects
PROSTHODONTICS; DENTAL implants -- Design &; construction; PERIODONTAL prosthesis; DENTAL abutments
- Publication
Journal of Prosthodontics, 2014, Vol 23, Issue 6, p504
- ISSN
1059-941X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jopr.12148