Metal-Ceramic Screw-Retained Implant Fixed Partial Denture With Intraoral Luted Framework to Improve Passive Fit

Passive fit of a long span screw-retained implant prosthesis is an important criteria for the success of the restoration. This article describes a technique for the fabrication of a ceramo-metal implant fixed dental prosthesis (FDP) for a long span partially edentulous situation by alteration of the conventional screw-retained design. The possibility of a passive fit is maximized by intra-oral luting of cast frame to milled abutments and the potential framework distortion during fabrication is compensated to a major extent. Retrievability is ensured by the screw-retention of the prosthesis to the implants. When compared to conventional porcelain fused to metal screw-retained FDP, this prosthesis is relatively inexpensive to fabricate.