Implant Direct Sybron GPS Brochure

GPS™ Overdenture Attachment System

Navigate Your Success

www.implantdirect.com Innovation.

Quality.

Service.

Value.

GPS™

Intelligent design that leads you through the clinical challenges of overdentures to great success The GPS™ overdenture attachment system includes a full-range of components including male nylon liners with various retention levels and a convenient Abutment Housing Kit for denture processing. These components are compatible with LOCATOR® abutments as well as our one-piece GoDirect™ implants. The system also features a unique Core Tool for easy liner replacement.

Regardless of the abutment-implant connection you choose, all GPS™ abutments feature a profile that is compatible with LOCATOR® components.

Range of Options

• Five collar heights (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5mm1) • Four connections (Spectra-System®; industrystandard internal hex, tri-lobe or octagon)

All-in-One Packaging • • • • • •

Abutment Transfer Comfort Cap Metal Housing with Nylon Liner Black Processing Male Cap Block-Out Spacer

Comfort Cap

Transfer

Silicon Spacer

Replacement Male Clear (4.5lbs)

15˚ and 30˚ Angled GPS™ Abutments

• Accommodate the highest degree of relative divergence available on the market

Advanced Interface

Metal Housing Black Processing Male

All-in-One Packaging

• Compatible with common prosthetic tools for simplified insertion2 • Compatible with LOCATOR®

Includes items for chairside processing

Pink Anodized Metal Housing

• Blends with the denture acrylic and allows you to achieve a natural profile with minimal acrylic thickness facially • Features deep grooves and flat top to increase surface area and denture engagement

15˚ relative divergence 30˚ Bucally inclined

15˚ relative divergence

15˚ Labially inclined

30˚ Bucally inclined

Simply Smarter Components

• Black processing male features a high melting point for improved processing • Replacement male caps are designed for both regular and extended range

60˚ relative divergence

Angled GPS™ Abutments Solve Complex Cases Accommodating up to 90˚ relative divergence, GPS™ allows you to place multiple inclined implants.

This is especially useful in the maxilla to avoid the sinus.

1. Options vary depending upon platform diameter.

2. Please see back page for details.

LOCATOR® is a registered trademark of Zest Anchors Company. The GPS™ and GoDirect™ Systems are neither authorized, endorsed, nor sponsored by Zest Anchors Company.

GPS™ Protocol

Place comfort caps and then suture tissue.

Place parallel posts onto the top of the abutments.

Then use an Angle Measurement Guide to determine the relative divergence of the implants.

Place the Block-Out Spacer over the head of the abutment.

Attach the metal cap with Black Processing Male.

Locate the areas of the denture relative to the housings and relieve those areas.

Attach the gray transfers for an impression. They can be trimmed if more clearance is needed.

After placing the transfers, cover with impression material.

Fill tray with impression material and press firmly. Allow to set.

Insert the Abutment Analogs into the Impression Copings.

Pour die stone and allow to harden.

Place the White Block-Out Spacer over the analogs and attach the Cap with Black Processing Male.

Process denture. Pull on black cap at an angle to remove it. If needed, wedge a tool against the bottom.

Use the Male Seating Tool to push the Replacement Male of choice into the metal cap.

Insert the finished prosthesis. Instruct your patient on standard cleaning instructions.

Steps for Laboratory Processed Prosthesis

Attach the GPS™ abutment with appropriate insertion tool. Tighten to 30Ncm.

GPS™ Rationale Implant-Retained Overdenture vs.

Complete Denture

Tools & Components

Preservation of residual alveolar ridge1,2 Increased comfort and chewing efficiency3 Greater patient satisfaction4 Less invasive and expensive

Replacement Male Red (1.0lb) 1000-92R Sold separately

Resilient Attachment Use Stability without overload

Resilient attachments transfer more occlusal force to the soft tissue thus lowering the stress placed on the bone surrounding implants than rigid attachments5 Implant overload is the main cause of bone resorption5­­

Replacement Male Orange (2.0lbs) 1000-92E Sold separately

Considerations

Patient acceptance

Abutment Processing Cap Male Kit 1000-98S Sold separately

At a typical fee of $3,500, an overdenture supported by two implants is the least expensive alternative for an edentulous patient6 All-in-1 Packaging saves up to 46% over competitors which you can pass onto your patients if you choose7

Replacement Male Green (3.0lbs) 1000-92G Sold separately

Surgical Benefits

Accommodates highest degree of relative divergence

Implant angulation may be chosen based upon clinical needs without prosthetic limitation

Prosthetic Benefits

Paralleling Pins 1000-97 Sold separately

Enhanced esthetics

Pink anodized metal housing blends with denture acrylic This allows you to achieve a natural profile with minimal acrylic facially

Improved processing

Metal housing design increases surface area and denture engagement Black processing male cap features a high melting point

Core Tool 1000-96 Sold separately

Simplified insertion

Compatible with standard 1.25mmD (.050in) hex tool RePlant¨ abutments feature the patented Dual-Grip™ interface that enables use of Nobel Biocare’s Uni-Grip™ Driver Swish™ abutments feature the patented Duo-Grip™ interface that enables use of Straumann’s SCS Screwdriver

Angle Measurement Guide 1000-99 Sold separately

Also compatible with LOCATOR® abutments and our one-piece GoDirect™ implants.

1. Atwood DA, Coy WA. Clinical, cephalometric, and densiometric study of reduction of residual ridges. J Prosthet Dent. 1971;26:280–295.

2. Tallgren A. The continuing reduction of the residual alveolar ridges in complete denture wearers: a mixed-longitudinal study covering 25 years. J Prosthet Dent. 1972;27:120–132.

3. Stellingsma K, Slagter AP, Stegenga B, Raghoebar GM. Masticatory function in patients with an extremely resorbed mandible restored with mandibular implant-retained overdentures: comparison of three types of treatment protocols. J Oral Rehabil. 2005;32:403–410.

4. Kenney R, Richards MW. Photoelastic stress patterns produced by implant-retained overdentures. J Prosthet Dent. 1998;80:559–564.

5. Daas M, Dubois G, Bonnet AS, Lipinski P, Rigon-Bret C. A complete finite element model of a mandibular overdenture with two implants: Comparison between rigid and resilient attachment configurations. Medical Engineering & Physics 2008; 30(2): 218-225.

6. Christensen, GJ. Treatment of the edentulous mandible. JADA 2001; 132: 231-233.

7. Price comparison based upon US list prices as of April 2010.

LOCATOR® is a registered trademark of Zest Anchors Company. The GPS™ and GoDirect™ Systems are neither authorized, endorsed, nor sponsored by Zest Anchors Company.

www.implantdirect.com USA 1-888-649-6425/ 1-800-999-3003

EUROPE 00800-4030-4030

CANADA 1-604-7301337

ISRAEL 972-3-6099951

5K-03-11-0050 Printed in the U.S.A. Copyright © 2011 Implant Direct Sybron International. All Rights Reserved.