An impression technique for implant-retained orbital prostheses
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Secil Karakoca1, Cemal Aydin, Handan Yilmaz
1Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
|July 1, 2008
Abstract:
This article describes an impression technique to transfer implant positions to the definitive cast using magnetic attachments splinted with acrylic resin for an implant-retained orbital prosthesis. The acrylic resin transfer device that incorporated the magnets was also used as the acrylic resin magnet substructure for the silicone orbital prosthesis.
