A custom CAD-CAM resilient attachment: A dental technique

Custom resilient attachments can be used for removable as well as fixed implant-supported prostheses, with the proposed tooth position being visualized in relation to the underlying metal framework, abutments, and implant positions. Custom resilient attachments and the framework for implant overdentures can be designed together using a computer-aided design software program. Computer-aided designed and computer-aided manufactured (CAD-CAM) custom resilient attachments offer greater angulation compensation than standard attachments when clinically required while accounting for biological, mechanical, and esthetic factors. Digital technology enables visualization of the outcome and streamlining the design and manufacturing of custom resilient attachments and a metal-acrylic resin implant overdenture prosthesis. The ability to customize abutments offers an additional restorative option to using stock resilient attachments.