Quality of life has become a major problem for the 39 million denture wearers. One of the hottest topics in dental education is how to retain a patient’s lower denture with implants. There are a good percentage of individuals who have been neglected as candidates for implant overdentures because their ridges are too thin, the vertical height of available bone has been severely compromised and/or the existing denture-base height necessary to retrofit the denture is inadequate. Atlas has solved these problems without the use of O-rings, copings, housings or adhesives. The length of treatment time is significantly reduced since the surgical portion foregoes the traditional 2-stage surgery. The narrow-body implants are placed without reflecting a flap and are immediately loaded.

GP’s will find placing Atlas Denture Comfort implants, anterior to the mental foramen without a surgical flap or sutures, simple and predictable. The complete procedure of installing the Atlas implants and retrofitting the denture can be completed in about an hour. Participants will perform the following steps of the complete technique: You will drill osteotomies in the model, install 4 Atlas® implants, prepare the denture base for retrofitting and reline the denture with the Tuf-Link® Silicone material. Participants will keep the model with the retrofitted, relined denture for staff training and patient education. It’s a great alternative to lengthy and costly bone augmentation procedures.