Abstract
Surgical guides produced by stereolithography use hard resin. The hard resin prevents
seating beyond the height of contour, hence these guides are not intrinsically retentive.
By covering the guide with a flexible thermoplastic material that extends into the
undercuts, the resulting guide now has a retentive feature. This allows it to maintain
its position during surgery yet it can easily be removed and repositioned.
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Published online: June 27, 2015
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