• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2016

SFI-bar is prefabricated bar system and can be assembled at chairside without soldering or welding, thus reducing bone loss, costs and time. A 53-year-old male patient, who had severely absorbed mandible, hoped to wear a stable mandiblular denture. Four implants were placed in the extraction site of canine and 1st molar. Early loaded temporary denture with solitary type attachment was delivered 3 weeks after surgery. 3 month later, SFI-bar was connected and adjusted at chairside. Then, implant overdenture using SFI-bar was delivered. This case report showed that a satisfactory clinical result was achieved by 4-implant-supported overdenture using the SFI-Bar system in a mandibular edentulous patient.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2014

전통적인 바와 클립 유지형 피개의치의 경우, 인상채득 및 기공과정에서 오차가 생길 수 있어 바가 nonpassive fit하게 제작될 수 있다. 최근에 나온 기성품 바 어태치먼트 시스템인 SFI-Bar (Stress Free on Implant Bar) system (Cendres+Metaux, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland)은 튜브바로 연결하여 조립하는 방식이므로 밀링방식이나 캐스팅방식에서 겪을 수 있는 작업상의 많은 어려움과 긴 작업 시간의 단점을 보완 할 수 있고, 임플란트 주위골에 가해지는 스트레스도 줄여줄 수 있다. 본 증례에서는 골흡수가 심한 상악 무치악 환자에게 최근에 나온 stress free implant bar인 SFI-Bar system을 사용한 피개 의치로 수복하였다. SFI Bar를 이용한 피개의치 제작시 수동적 적합을 얻을 수 있어 임플란트에 스트레스를 덜 가하는 장점을 얻을 수 있을 것으로 생각한다. 추후 정기적인 검사를 통해 장기적인 결과에 대한 평가가 필요하리라 사료된다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.254-258
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• 2012

Implant-supported overdenture is a reliable treatment option for the patients with edentulous mandible when they have difficulty in using complete dentures. Several options have been used for implant-supported overdenture attachments. Among these, bar attachment system has greater retention and better maintainability than others. SFI-Bar$^{(R)}$ is prefabricated and can be adjustable at chairside. Therefore, laboratory procedures such as soldering and welding are unnecessary, which leads to fewer errors and lower costs. A 67-year-old female patient presented, complaining of mobility of lower anterior teeth with old denture. She had been wearing complete denture in the maxilla and removable partial denture in the mandible with severe bone loss. After extracting the teeth, two implants were placed in front of mental foramen, and SFI-Bar$^{(R)}$ was connected. A tube bar was seated to two adapters through large ball joints and fixation screws, connecting each implant. The length of the tube bar was adjusted according to inter-implant distance. Then, a female part was attached to the bar beneath the new denture. This clinical report describes two-implant-supported overdenture using the SFI-Bar$^{(R)}$ system in a mandibular edentulous patient.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.47-50
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• 2011

Despite the greater retention and low maintenance of bar attachment system, the longer clinical time and increased number of visits were the assignments to overcome in bar attachment system. This case report describes SFI-Bar$^{(R)}$ (Cendres et Me$\'{e}$taux, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) to be solve those problems. A 65-year-old female, who had severely absorbed mandible, hoped to wear a stable mandibular denture without pain. As soon as two implants were placed on mandible, a tube bar was connected to two adaptors connected to each implant. The length of the tube bar was adjusted considering inter implant distance, and reconnected to the adaptors. Finally a female part was seated beneath the denture. This case report showed that a satisfactory clinical result was achieved by delivering bar overdenture immediately after implant placement without laboratory procedure.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2015

PURPOSE. This in-vitro study was designed to evaluate retention forces, microleakage and plastic deformation of a prefabricated 2-implant bar attachment system (SFI-Bar, Cendres+$M{\acute{e}}taux$, Switzerland). MATERIALS AND METHODS. Two SFI implant-adapters were torqued with 35 Ncm into two implant analogues. Before the tube bars were finally sealed, the inner cavity of the tube bar was filled with liquid red dye to evaluate microleakage. As tube bar sealing agents three different materials were used (AGC Cem (AGC, resin based), Cervitec Plus (CP; varnish) and Gapseal (GS; silicone based). Four groups with eight specimens each were tested (GS, GS+AGC, AGC, CP). For cyclic loading, the attachment system was assembled parallel to the female counterparts in a chewing simulator. The mean retention forces of the initial and final ten cycles were statistically evaluated (ANOVA, ${\alpha}{\leq}.05$). RESULTS. All groups showed a significant loss of retention forces. Their means differed between 30-39 N initially and 22-28 N after 50,000 loading cycles. No significant statistical differences could be found between the groups at the beginning (P=.224), at the end (P=.257) or between the loss of retention forces (P=.288). Microleakage occurred initially only in some groups but after 10,000 loading cycles all groups exhibited microleakage. CONCLUSION. Long-term retention forces of the SFI-Bar remained above 20 N which can be considered clinically sufficient. The sealing agents in this study are not suitable to prevent microleakage.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2016

치아 상실에 이어 심각한 치조골 소실을 보이는 무치악 환자들은 전통적인 방식의 총의치를 사용하는데 어려움이 많다. 이러한 문제를 보완할 수 있도록 임플란트를 이용한 피개의치가 사용되고 있다. SFI-bar$^{(R)}$는 진료실에서 직접 조정이 가능한 기성품으로 복잡한 기공과정을 필요로 하는 기존의 바 시스템보다 간결하여 시간과 비용을 절감할 수 있다. 첫 번째 증례는 55세 남자 환자로 기존 하악 임플란트-지지 피개의치가 파절되었다는 주소로 내원하였고 내구성이 있으며 통증이 없는 의치를 원하였다. 파절된 Locator$^{(R)}$ 어태치먼트를 제거 후 바를 이용한 피개의치로 치료하였다. 두 번째 증례는 파킨슨병을 앓고 있는 77세 여자 환자로 하악 치조골이 심각하게 흡수되어 의치가 자주 탈락한다는 주소로 내원하였고 통증이 없고 유지력이 있는 의치를 원하였다. 하악 전치부에 두개의 임플란트를 식립한 후 임플란트에 연결된 어댑터에 바를 연결하였다. 그 후 바에 맞는 여성부를 새로운 의치에 장착하여 치료하였다. 2년의 추적 관찰 결과 상기 환자 모두 심미적, 기능적으로 만족할만한 결과를 보였으므로 증례를 보고하고자 한다.