Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 159-169 , August 2002

Influence of cold working and thermal treatment on the fit of implant-supported metal-ceramic fixed partial dentures

Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, Chicago, Ill., February 2001, and the annual meeting of the Northeastern Gnathological Society, New York, N.Y., November 2000.

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☆1 Reprint requests to: Dr Carlo Ercoli, Division of Prosthodontics, University of Rochester Eastman Dental Center, 625 Elmwood Ave, Rochester NY 14620, Fax: (716)244-8772, E-mail: carlo_ercoli@urmc.rochester.edu

☆2 This research won the First Place 2000 Stanley D. Tylman Research Award from the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics and the 1999 Granger-Pruden Memorial Award from the Northeastern Gnathological Society.

☆3 This study was supported in part by a 1999 Stanley D. Tylman Research Grant from the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics.

☆4 aFormer Resident, Division of Prosthodontics. Fellow, Maxillofacial Prosthetics and Dental Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

☆5 bAssistant Professor and Program Director, Division of Prosthodontics.

☆6 cAssistant Professor, Division of Oral Sciences.

☆7 dProfessor and Chief, Division of Prosthodontics.

☆8 eDirector, Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Program, and Professor, Division of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics.

PII: S0022-3913(02)00073-2

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2002.127592

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 159-169 , August 2002

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