Maxillary Four Implant-Retained

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Radiograph of four Bicon implants. The anterior implants have had their temporary abutments removed.

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Paralleling of o-ring abutments is easily achieved with the use of 0 degree and 15 degree angled abutments that have the possibility of 360 degrees of universal positioning.

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Four o-ring abutments after having been tapped into their implant well.

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Four black alignment caps seated on o-ring abutments prior to being picked up in the final impression for the master model.

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Final impression with four alignment caps.

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Impression with four black transfer dies inserted into their alignment caps prior to pouring a master stone model.

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Master model with black alignment caps prior to their being replaced with four pink polycarbonate o-ring housings for processing into the acrylic denture base.

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Bicon's pink o-ring housings facilitate aesthetic housing placement even when denture flanges are thin.

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Four implants provide enough retention so that there is no need for prosthetic palatal coverage.

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Palatal view of the tissue borne and only implant retained prosthesis.

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Intraoral view showing prosthetic support for lips and lack of full palatal coverage.

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Although there are no taste buds in the palatal tissues, patients routinely report that they can taste better with their new prosthesis.