Attachement Locator ® : mode d’utilisation clinique, étape par étape, en prothèse amovible complète stabilisée sur implants

Abstract

Locator® attachment: step by step clinical use in implant-retained complete denture. Edentulous patients often express their wish to have stable and retentive prosthesis. In the presence of unfavourable anatomophysiological conditions, the implant-retained complete denture is, when indication is well posed, a simple and reliable alternative rehabilitation optimizing significantly the prosthetic balance. Currently, the practitioner has a whole arsenal of retention system (axial attachments, anchor bars…) and since 2000; the Locator® attachment complemented the large number of axial attachments as part of rehabilitation by complete denture retained by implants. The objective of this article is to describe the characteristics and specificities of this attachment, as well as step by step sequences of clinical use by direct method.