Combining Intraoral and Face Scans for the Design and Fabrication of Computer-Assisted Design/Computer-Assisted Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Polyether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK) Implant-Supported Bars for Maxillary Overdentures

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The copy of the preexisting complete removable denture, relined and extraorally scanned, is printed with a stereolithographic 3D printer (3500PD®, DWS, Thiene, Vicenza, Italy) and subsequently discarded and opened in the area of scanbodies. (a) Complete copy of the preexisting denture, internal view; (b) full copy of the preexisting denture, anterior view; (c) full copy of the preexisting denture, perspective view; (d) the copy of the preexisting denture discarded and opened in the anterior area, in correspondence with the emergencies of the scanbodies, internal view; (e) the copy of the preexisting denture in the anterior area, in correspondence with the emergencies of the scanbodies, frontal view.

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