652 Theories and techniques of oral implantology

Fig. 15-78. The superstructures were tried.

Fig. 15-79. After fusing the pins with acrylic, both super-structures were cemented with hard cement over the templates.

Fig. 15-80. Implant posts were placed in both posterior edentulous areas in the mandible.

ing buccally much further than her opposing re-sorbed and narrower maxillary ridge (Fig. 15-72). Obviously, an unusual approach was necessary.

The teeth were prepared for full crown coverage restorations (Fig. 15-73), and all necessary plaster indices and a wax interocclusal record of centric relation were taken for the completion of a pre-fabricated bridgework. This bridgework consisted of a lower full arch acrylic-and-gold splint, and an upper full arch splint including a bilateral scalloped template with two superstructures (Fig. 15-74) . The template on the right side was built out buccally to contact the mucosal tissue covering the inferior portion of the zygoma. Its superstructure included an acrylic-and-gold veneer crown bridge with a buccal flange of pink resin to extend the right side of the