Comparative technical steps in obtaining implant supported reconstructions using computer aided manufacturing and ceramic layering

Abstract

SLS is an additional technique that allows generating a complex three-dimensional structure, by consolidating and successively selecting the layers of metal powder, and bonding layer by layer one above the other, using thermal energy provided by a focused laser beam. Our study presents the technical steps in manufacturing the metallic part of the implant supported over-structures in two different clinical situations, both using SLM for obtaining the frameworks and is highlighting the differences between the followed technological stages in each case. The presented clinical situations have specific features, depending on the type of used materials (alloy and ceramics), on the characteristics of each clinical case, as well as on the habit and custom technical skills developed over time by each technician. Both cases met the targeted aesthetical and functional features and enhanced re-establishing the morphologic and functional integrity of the arches.