What Does Ucla Abutment Mean

UCLA abutments are stock parts and are made of a gold/palladium alloy interface with a plastic chimney. They can be used to make traditional screw-retained PFM (porcelain fused to metal) or FCG (full cast gold) crowns as well as custom abutments.

What is a UCLA abutment?

The UCLA Abutment is a castable abutment offered with a machined gold alloy base or in a fully castable version. It may be used for single or multi-unit screw or cement-retained restorations. It may correct angles up to 30 degrees when cast as a custom abutment.

What does custom abutment mean?

Custom abutments are as their name suggests, custom-made for your patients. These abutments can be accurately milled to fit the crest of their tissue as well as made gold colored or fabricated from zirconia for a better match to their teeth.