Split-frame implant prosthesis designed to compensate for mandibular flexure: a clinical report
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Carmen Yamily Paez1, Thomas Barco, Sally Roushdy
1School of Dentistry, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Ind 46033, USA. cypaezpi@iupui.edu
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
|April 12, 2003
Abstract:
When an edentulous mandible is restored with 4 or more implants connected by a metal bar and retained with screws, mandibular flexure may cause screw loosening and unnecessary stresses and strains on the prosthesis and implants. Separating the prosthesis at the midline can relieve these stresses and strains. This article describes the separation of a hybrid mandibular denture at the midline.
