Treating the Edentulous Arch with Removable Implant Overdentures Impression Technique

Treating the Edentulous Arch with Removable Implant Overdentures Impression Technique

This lecture will explain the process of procuring an accurate implant-level impression so that we can successfully deliver an attachment retained overdenture.  

We will illustrate the site selection for the various implants, and the types of implants we prefer for an implant overdenture.  

It will illustrate how to go about the preparatory procedures for the implant level impression, such as insertion of the impression copings and the correct radiographic interpretation of their complete seating into the implants.  We will illustrate, in detail, the step-by-step procedures to procure an accurate implant-level impression using Polyvinyl siloxane or polyether materials that will give us a very stable impression that can be poured at a later date.  

We will also show how these impressions are very precise.  How the clinician can easily incorporate this into one