Stomatológ 2024, 34(1):12-19 | DOI: 10.69658/sto.2024.002

Practical fabrication of a hybrid bar-retained denture supported by four dental implants in the maxilla

Mária Frolo^1,2,*, Vladimír Zábrodský²

¹ Stomatologická klinika, Fakultná nemocnica Plzeň

² Pražské centrum dentálnej implantológie

The article describes the practical fabrication of a hybrid bar-retained denture supported by dental implants in the upper jaw using modern technological procedures. This process includes everything from preliminary impressions, through digital fabrication of a printed version of the test model of the restoration, to fabrication of the milled bar using CAD-CAM techniques. Despite improvements in dental care, the number of edentulous patients is on the rise, mainly due to the increasing number of elderly patients. The possibility of using dental implants to rehabilitate the edentulous jaw is a welcome alternative to conventional removable dentures. When the indications are met, hybrid dentures can be used to restore function and aesthetics in edentulous patients with several advantages not only over conventional removable dentures but also over fixed bridges, especially in the case of advanced resorption when there is a need to replace a greater amount of lost tissue. There are unstoppable advances in prosthetic technology every year, which also changes the long-established procedures for the fabrication of restorations. This article presents the possibility of practical fabrication of a hybrid bar-retained restoration supported by four dental implants in the maxilla with advanced resorption of the alveolar process.

Keywords: hybrid denture, dental implants, edentulous jaw

Published: June 26, 2024  Show citation