Case Reports in Dentistry (Jan 2024)

Reconstruction of Gingival Mask around CAD-CAM Bar and Ball Attachment in Implant-Retained Overdenture

  • Samira Naybandi Atashi,
  • Somayeh Zeighami

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/4166767
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2024

Abstract

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Gingival mask is a copy of the peri-implant tissue, which plays an important role in the fabrication of an optimal restoration. Losing the gingival mask is a clinical problem that complicates the process of restoration fabrication. Herein, a simple precise technique is described step by step to solve this problem in the patient with CAD/CAM milled bar and ball attachment treatment plan for a maxillary and a mandibular implant-supported overdenture, without the need to repeat the entire clinical and laboratory procedures.