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3D Metal Printing - Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Frameworks of Implant-Borne Fixed Dental Prosthesis
M Revilla León1, I M Klemm2, J García-Arranz2
1Project manager and researcher at the Revilla Research Center RRC. Affiliate Faculty Graduate Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington. Collaborating Faculty at the Graduate Program of Aesthetic Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid.
Abstract:
An edentulous patient was rehabilitated with maxillary metal-ceramic and mandibular metal-resin implant-supported fixed dental prosthesis (FDP). Metal frameworks of the FDPs were fabricated using 3D additive manufacturing technologies utilizing selective laser melting (SLM) and electron beam melting (EBM) processes. Both SLM and EBM technologies were employed in combination with computer numerical control (CNC) post-machining at the implant interface. This report highlights the technical and clinical protocol for fabrication of FDPs using SLM and EBM additive technologies.
