Shape-Memory Retained Complete Arch Guided Implant Treatment Using Nitinol (Smileloc) Abutments

Kumar C Shah; Denny Chao; Benjamin M Wu; Ole T Jensen

doi:10.1016/j.coms.2019.03.005

Shape-Memory Retained Complete Arch Guided Implant Treatment Using Nitinol (Smileloc) Abutments

Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2019 Aug;31(3):427-435. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2019.03.005. Epub 2019 May 11.

Authors

Kumar C Shah¹, Denny Chao², Benjamin M Wu², Ole T Jensen³

Affiliations

¹ Advanced Prosthodontics, University of California Los Angele (UCLA), 10833 LeConte Avenue, B3-087CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: prosthodontist@ucla.edu.
² Advanced Prosthodontics, University of California Los Angele (UCLA), 10833 LeConte Avenue, B3-087CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
³ Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Utah, School of Dentistry, 530 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA.

PMID: 31088711
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2019.03.005

Abstract

A case report of a complete arch interim prosthesis executed using digital work flows and with guided implant surgery is presented. The novel shape-memory retained system used to retain the complete dental prosthesis is easily indexed onto the remaining dentition, thereby being both efficient and cost-effective in the short and long term.

Keywords: Guided prosthetics; Guided surgery; Nitinol; Shape memory; Smileloc.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Alloys*
Dental Abutments*
Dental Alloys*
Dental Implants*
Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported*
Humans

Substances

Alloys
Dental Alloys
Dental Implants
nitinol