A technique for immediate occlusal implant loading of a completely edentulous mandible: a clinical report.

The protocols described are designed for immediate implant loading of the completely edentulous mandible and to provide the patient with a prosthesis that incorporates structural durability and esthetics in a time efficient manner. Incorporating appropriate diagnostic and surgical procedures, this clinical report describes the use of custom-fabricated transparent devices that help the clinician identify implant position, thereby reducing the procedural time and improving the structural durability and esthetics of the immediate prosthesis.