Use of a Digitally Planned and Fabricated Mandibular Complete Denture for Easy Conversion to an Immediately Loaded Provisional Fixed Complete Denture. Part 1. Planning and Surgical Phase

Jaime L. Lozada, DDS/Antoanela Garbacea, DDS, MSD/Charles J. Goodacre, DDS, MSD/Mathew T. Kattadiyil, BDS, MDS, MS: Jaime L. Lozada, DDS/Antoanela Garbacea, DDS, MSD/Charles J. Goodacre, DDS, MSD/Mathew T. Kattadiyil, BDS, MDS, MS This article describes a unique prosthetically driven protocol that uses computeraided engineering to develop sophisticated, scientific algorithms that guide the fabrication of a conversion denture using the AvaDent Digital Denture system (Global Dental Science). This system is combined with NobelClinician (Nobel Biocare) implant-planning software to optimize accuracy and to make it easier and faster to convert a denture to an immediately loaded provisional implantsupported fixed complete denture following implant placement, using a NobelGuide surgical template. Int J Prosthodont 2014;27:417–421. doi: 10.11607/ijp.3825