Discussions on Implant Supported Fixed Bridges

When I send my crown and bridge cases to the dental laboratory, I specify how many coats of die spacer I want placed on my master dies. Should we be doing the same thing for implant crown and bridge cases?

If I place a wide platform implant in #2 site and a regular platform in #5 site, will that be enough support for a 4-unit bridge extending from #2 to #5?

I have to insert an implant bridge that has both screw and cement retention.

The most frequent complication that I have seen with dental implant bridges is fracture of porcelain.

Food gets stuck in my implant supported bridge every time I eat. Is this normal for implant bridges that you have to clean it every time you eat?

One year later, the gap between the cervical margin of the bridge and the gingival has grown so that there is now about 1mm gap and it severely compromises the aesthetics.

I am concerned about the technique used for connecting the bridge to the mini implant.

I have three upper incisor implants holding a 4-unit bridge and my problem is that the bridge keeps coming loose.

I have treatment planned a fully edentulous patient for implant supported bridges in his maxillary and mandibular arches.

If possible, I’d like to get a comprehensive explanation concerning the difference between implant supported fixed partial dentures, fixed-detachable dentures [hybrid] and overdentures?

My patient wants maximum aesthetics for a maxillary anterior dental implant supported bridge and I would like to use zirconium instead of PFM…

I recently delivered an implant bridge #18-20 (#19 pontic) and I want to remove it.

What is the recommended maintenance of highwater implant bridges? Is the framework unscrewed and cleaned at regular intervals?

I have been having trouble cementing dental implant bridges…

My lab uses no die spacer on dental implant-supported crowns and bridges. I think this is a mistake.

I read in Dental Economics where Gordon Christensen has proposed using mini dental implants to help support fixed bridges.

In a recent issue of Dental Economics, Pat Sullivan,of Nobel Biocare, argued that due to certain advances in technology, the market for implant-supported fixed bridges is on the verge of a major transformation.