Principles of Attachment Selection for Implant Supported Overdentures
| Principles of Attachment Selection for Implant Supported Overdentures | Hamid Shafie, DDS* and George Obeid, DDS** |
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| Less than 3.2 mm of interocclusal space is required for the assembled Locator® attachment above the mating surface of externally hexed implants, and as little as 2.5 mm is needed for internal-connection implants. Female abutments of 0 mm are available for many of the internal-connection or flat-top connection implants. The 0 mm Locator® female abutments are indicated | when the implant interface is above or even with the tissue. (Fig. 3D)
Abutment Height Selection Tissue depth is frequently non-symmetrical at the implant site. Use the deepest measurement between the mating |
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