Use of a Digitally Planned and Fabricated Mandibular Complete Denture for Easy Conversion to an Immediately Loaded Provisional Fixed Complete Denture. Part 1. Planning and Surgical Phase

Abstract

This article describes a unique prosthetically driven protocol that uses computeraided engineering to develop sophisticated, scientific algorithms that guide the fabrication of a conversion denture using the AvaDent Digital Denture system (Global Dental Science). This system is combined with Nobel Clinician (Nobel Biocare) implant-planning software to optimize accuracy and to make it easier and faster to convert a denture to an immediately loaded provisional implant supported fixed complete denture following implant placement, using a NobelGuide surgical template.