Minimizing the discrepancy between implant platform and alveolar bone for tilted implants with a sloped implant platform: A clinical report

Fernando Rojas-Vizcaya; Homayoun H Zadeh

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2017.04.004

Minimizing the discrepancy between implant platform and alveolar bone for tilted implants with a sloped implant platform: A clinical report

J Prosthet Dent. 2018 Mar;119(3):319-324. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2017.04.004. Epub 2017 Jun 23.

Authors

Fernando Rojas-Vizcaya¹, Homayoun H Zadeh²

Affiliations

¹ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. and Director, Mediterranean Prosthodontic Institute, Castellon, Spain. Electronic address: fernando@prosthodontics.es.
² Associate Professor and Director, Post-Doctoral Periodontology Program, Laboratory for Immunoregulation and Tissue Engineering, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.

PMID: 28652075
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2017.04.004

Abstract

In a patient with edentulism, distally tilted implants with a novel sloped implant platform were used to minimize the discrepancy between the implant platform and alveolar bone crest and to restore complete-arch monolithic zirconia implant-supported fixed prostheses.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Computer-Aided Design
Dental Implants*
Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported*
Female
Humans
Immediate Dental Implant Loading
Middle Aged
Mouth, Edentulous
Prosthesis Design*
Zirconium

Substances

Dental Implants
Zirconium
zirconium oxide