Nobel
Biocare/University of Michigan Center For Excellence
Procera® Implant Bridge
The Nobel Biocare Procera® Implant Bridge consist of the one-piece
machined titanium substructure and the carbon-fibered framework
unit. The machined framework is made from a pattern that is scanned
using a special scanner at the Nobel Biocare manufacturing facility.
The scanner data of the framework pattern design and the data scanned
from the individual implant platforms are transferred to the computer
where the one-piece framework design is finalized and prepared for
machining at the manufacturing facility. The one-piece framework
designs can be created in a form that permits the development of
individual tooth units or of a bar design that will be incorporated
into the acrylic resin denture base of a fixed implant supported
prosthesis. When the machining of the framework has been completed
it is returned to the laboratory of origin for application of low
fusing porcelain creating individual teeth that will appear to emerge
from the implants at the fixture level or the framework is prepared
for inclusion in the waxed denture base as the supporting substructure
that may attach to the implants directly or to one of the several
Nobel Biocare implant abutments. The carbon-fibered framework is
one that can be made by the technician in the laboratory. The framework
is created from a special tube-like component that contains the
carbon fibers and a liquid that can be polymerized in an oven. The
technician forms the framework to abutment components on the master
cast using special attachments produced for this framework by Nobel
Biocare. Once the technician has developed the framework design
and form, the master cast and carbon-fibered framework is placed
into an oven for polymerization. After curing, the framework can
be finished with dental burs to its final form. The framework is
incorporated into the acrylic resin denture base of the final prosthesis.
The Center For Excellence was completed studies on the
Procera® Implant Bridge that are reported in this Website.
University of Michigan
School of Dentistry
Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences Nobel Biocare/University of Michigan Center for Excellence
1011 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078
Tel: 734-763-6680 | Fax: 734-763-3453