IMMEDIATE CUSTOM IMPLANT FOR THE MANDIBLE

Duration: 13 min

Year Published: 1968

Creator: Veterans Administration

Color: Color

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Sections of the mandible, lost through injury or disease, can be satisfactorily replaced with an immediate, custom fitted implant of surgical vitallium. The abutments of the prosthesis are fabricated at time of surgery using a rapid-jel casting procedure.