Angela (Angi) Gullard is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. She graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry in 2016, completing the DMD/PhD program. She pursued specialty training at the UTHSC College of Dentistry in Memphis and earned a Certificate in Prosthodontics and a Master of Dental Science degree in 2019. Since then, she has been serving as the Director of Implant Prosthodontics and Head of Postgraduate Prosthodontics. She regularly engages with predoctoral and postgraduate trainees. She is passionate about prosthodontics, particularly dental education and research. If she is not in a dental lab or a teaching clinic, you’d probably find her working on a craft project, experimenting in the kitchen, or doing home renovation work. 

Implant-supported overdentures provide clinicians with a cost-effective means of restoring the edentulous arch. Various attachment systems have been implemented in the fabrication of these prostheses. The key to a predictable restorative outcome is planning ahead for the desired abutment and attachment before dental implants are placed.

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Describe various attachment systems used for implant overdentures.
• Realize the importance of prosthetically-driven implant and abutment planning for overdenture therapy.
• Understand the impact of implant divergence and restorative space requirements for implant overdentures.