PURPOSE The purposes of this study were (1) to evaluate the fit between implant frameworks and implants fabricated with two types of implant framework fabrication techniques: computer-aided design/computer-assisted machining (CAD/CAM) and conventional casting with the lost wax technique; and (2) to describe a digital measurement system consisting of tactile scanning and computer software progra...

Aim: The aim of this study was to compile the usage of Co-Cr alloys in fixed prosthodontics (FP) among dental laboratories in Sweden. Methods: From March to October 2015, questionnaires were sent to 542 registered dental laboratories in Sweden. The questionnaires were divided in two parts, one for fixed dental-supported prosthodontics (FDP) and one for fixed implant-supported prosthodontics (FI...

This manuscript is published as part of the proceedings of the NIH Technology Assessment Conference on Effects and Sideeffects of Dental Restorative Materials, August 26-28,1991, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and did not undergo the customary journal peer-review process. I t is estimated that 96% of adults in the United States between the ages of 18 and 65 have one or more ...

The objective of the present study was to determine the correlation between the interalar width and the combined mesiodistal width of maxillary six-anterior teeth in Pakistani population. It was a cross sectional study and was carried out from May 2011 to November 2011. A total of 159 dentate subjects fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected from the department of Prosthodontics, Lahore ...

The aim of this research was to evaluate the reliability and validity of measurements obtained from clinical standardized occlusal photographs compared with dental cast measurements. This study comprised a consecutive sample of 16 patients (eight males and eight females, aged 15-24 years) in the permanent dentition without agenesis and/or tooth loss. A paired t-test and intraclass correlation c...