Fabrication of a Retrievable Cement- and Screw-Retained Implant-Supported Zirconium Fixed Partial Denture: A Case Report
It can be difficult to achieve superior esthetics in implant-supported fixed partial dentures (FPDs). Zirconia ceramics with high flexural strength and esthetic can be treatment options for implant-supported FPDs. This article describes a simple and reliable method to fabricate a retrievable cemented implant-supported zirconia FPD.Abstract
and 2. Figure 1. Pretreatment panoramic radiograph. Figure 2. Intraoral view of abutments and the prepared tooth.
Contributor Notes
Bulent Uludag, DDS, PhD, is a professor and Ozge Ozturk, DDS, PhD, and Gozde Celik, DDS, are research assistants in the Department of Prosthodontics, Ankara University, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. Address correspondence to Dr Uludag at Ankara Universitesi, Dis Hekimligi Fakultesi, Protetik Dis Tedavisi Ab. D., 06500 Besevler- Ankara- Turkiye. (uludag@dentistry.ankara.edu.tr)
Gurkan Goktug, DDS, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Mass.