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Volume 13 , Issue 3
May/June 1998
Pages 352–357

Telescopic Prostheses for Implants

Harold W. Preiskel, MDS, MSc, FDS, RCS, Pepie Tsolka, Dip DS, DDS

PMID: 9638005

This retrospective study investigated the outcome of 73 telescopic implant-supported fixed prostheses. Fifty-four prostheses were entirely cement-retained, and 19 incorporated a screw-clamping unit. The rate of complications was low and in most cases minor in nature. Cement-retained prostheses involving a distal cantilevered extension required the greatest postoperative maintenance. Despite the small number of combined screw- and cement-retained prostheses, the lack of complications and ease of retrievability make this approach worthy of further study. (INT J ORAL MAXILLOFAC IMPLANTS 1998;13:352–357) Key words: cantilever extensions, cement-retained prosthesis, implant, telescopic prosthesis

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