Fixed implant-supported prostheses with welded titanium frameworks.

• Eighty-six edentulous patients provided with Brånemark implants were randomly selected for fixed prostheses with modified framework designs. This study describes alternative laboratory techniques in which premachined titanium components are welded together to form the framework. Clinical experience, following the patients for 1 year after placement, indicates that it is a predictable technique with a similar pattern of complications as experienced by patients with cast frameworks supported by implants. The prostheses are considered to be slightly more bulky than cast frameworks, but seem to have, on a clinical level, a better fit to the implants.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Odontologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Dentistry (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Adult

Aged

Aged

80 and over

Chi-Square Distribution

Dental Implants

Dental Prosthesis

Dental Prosthesis Design

Dental Soldering

Denture

Overlay

Female

Humans

Jaw

Edentulous

therapy

Male

Mandible

Middle Aged

Prosthesis Failure

Titanium

Treatment Outcome

Welding

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)