Superstructure

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Superstructure (from Latin : supra "above", con "together" and struere "build") is a term in dentistry . It describes the dentures attached to a dental implant . This can be a crown , a bridge or a prosthesis . The superstructure is usually manufactured and incorporated around 3 to 6 months after the implants have been inserted. The superstructure can be screwed to the implant or fixed with permanent or temporary cement.

For technical reasons, a mesoconstruction sometimes has to be installed between the implant and the superstructure .

  • Mesoconstruction on 4 implants. The prosthesis (superstructure) is placed on this bar construction.

  • Bar construction screwed onto implants. Superstructure lies above it for viewing.

  • Superstructure (bridge) on implants

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph Maria Stowasser : Der Kleine Stowasser , Latin-German school dictionary , G. Freytag Verlag, Munich
  2. ↑ M. Behr, cementation of fixed restorations on dental implants (PDF; 85 kB) Deutscher Ärzteverlag, DZZ 63 (2008)

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