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Measuring the Complete-arch Distortion of an Optical Dental Impression
Published on: May 30, 2019
Complete arch implant impression technique
Junping Ma1, Jeffrey E Rubenstein
1Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. jmbergin@u.washington.edu
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
|May 29, 2012
Abstract:
When making a definitive impression for an arch containing multiple implants, there are many reported techniques for splinting impression copings. This article introduces a splint technique that uses the shim method, which has been demonstrated to reduce laboratory and patient chair time, the number of impression copings and laboratory analogs needed, and the ultimate cost.

