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Custom-made laser-welded titanium implant prosthetic abutment.

Iglesia-Puig MA

Clínica Bucodental MAIP, Residencial Paraíso 1, esc B, 1oC, 50008 Zaragoza, Spain. driglesia@clinicamaip.net

A technique to create an individually modified implant prosthetic abutment is described. An overcasting is waxed onto a machined titanium abutment, cast in titanium, and joined to it with laser welding. With the proposed technique, a custom-made titanium implant prosthetic abutment is created with adequate volume and contour of metal to support a screw-retained, metal-ceramic implant-supported crown.

Published 3 October 2005 in J Prosthet Dent, 94(4): 401-3.
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