AU - Abolhasani, Majid AU - Shakibamehr, Amir Hossein AU - Sabouhi, Mahmoud TI - A Metal-Acrylic Bar for Splinting Implant Impression Copings PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - gums-dent JN - gums-dent VO - 2 VI - 4 IP - 4 4099 - http://3dj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-74-en.html 4100 - http://3dj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-74-en.pdf SO - gums-dent 4 ABĀ  - Precise transfer of three-dimensional position of dental implants from oral cavity to the cast needs special considerations in impression making. It has been suggested to splint the copings by bars or acrylic resin material before making impression. Some problems regarding to polymerization shrinkage of acrylic resin have been reported. In this study, we describe a metalacrylic bar that has advantages of both acrylic and metal bars. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - gums-dent PG - 34 PT - Original article YR - 2013