A technique for fabricating a definitive immediate implant-supported prosthesis for the edentulous mandible

A technique for fabricating a definitive immediate fixed implant-supported prosthesis to rehabilitate the edentulous mandible is described. Temporary abutments were used first as impression copings, later modified to achieve parallelism, and finally incorporated in the definitive framework. The metal framework was fabricated with holes for the abutments and connected to the abutments with composite resin cement intraorally to obtain passive fit. This technique reduced the number of steps, thereby decreasing insertion time of the definitive prosthesis to 2 days.