Returning Clinical Judgement From the Lab Back to the Dentist
Yes. They are mini dental implants . The anterior implant has a composite bud light-cured on. The posterior 2 implants have metal buds cemented on. A direct impression was taken and sent to the lab where the bridge is made the usual way in which conventional crowns and bridges are made but designed to provide a friendly interface with the gums and easy maintenance. With the increasing use of dental implants, the dentist has become more and more lab-dependent to the extent that he/she often seem just like a technician. All the dentist have to do is to send the models and X-ray images to the laboratory and back comes a precision-stent together with the prefabricated crown or bridge. The dentist places the stent, drills the hole and screws in the implant to a preset depth and then cements the crown or bridge. Simple and straightforward but highly lab-dependent and turns the dentist from a clinician into a technician . The bud and direct impression approach gives back the dentist the re...
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