PURPOSE The effect of different implant impression techniques on the accuracy of casts has been investigated mostly in vitro, and clinically relevant evidence is scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of implant impression techniques--specifically, splinted versus nonsplinted--on the accuracy of fit of fixed implant prostheses in edentulous patients. MATERIALS AND MET...

dontic treatment is compounded by the necessity of utilizing an indirect approach, where fabrication occurs extraorally at the dental laboratory and the completed restorations are subsequently retrofitted in the oral cavity. One fundamental aspect in the fabrication of indirect restorations is the procurement of an accurate impression from which a refractory model can be created to precisely re...

Complete dentures rest on basal seat area which is primarily oral mucosa and residual alveolar ridge .The oral mucosa on which complete dentures are fabricated is displacable and compressible. This factor was described by Hanau as ‘resiliency and like effect’, Realeff Effect. Realeff plays an important role In all the steps of compete denture fabrication as in primary impression , border mouldi...

Tooth loss can cause loss of occlusal, masticatory, esthetic, physiognomic, phonetic and psychosocial function of patients. The most frequently used treatment method of completely edentulous patients and patients with a small number of remaining teeth are complete dentures or overdentures. One of the most important clinical and laboratory procedures in their fabrication is functional impression...