Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010
An Alternative Impression Technique for Implant-Retained Overdentures With Locator Attachments
An Alternative Impression Technique for Implant-Retained Overdentures With Locator Attachments
DDS, PhD,
DDS, and
DDS
Page Range: 451 – 453
Locator attachments are commonly used for mandibular implant-retained overdentures. This case report presents an alternative mandibular overdenture impression technique that is pressure free.Abstract
Keywords: impression technique; implant-retained overdenture
Copyright: 2010 by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Figure 1
(a) Intraoral view of locator attachments in place.
(b) Intraoral view of impression transfer caps on the locator attachments.
(c) Preliminary impression with implant analogs in place.
(d) Mandibular custom tray prepared for definitive impression.
Figure 2
(a) Definitive impression of the mandible.
(b) Definitive impression with implant analogs in place.
Contributor Notes
*Corresponding author, e-mail: uludag@dentistry.ankara.edu.tr