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When dealing with full-arch rehabilitation, the provisional phase is important in order to define the correct occlusal, intermaxillary, and esthetic relationships for each individual patient. In these cases, it is difficult to transfer this information to the final restorations. Several techniques have been developed to transfer the information from tooth- or implant-supported fixed provisionals to the definitive rehabilitations. The present article describes a technique proposed by the authors to transfer the information from a removable prosthesis to an implant-supported restoration. The aim of the present article is to present the authors’ approach to these complex rehabilitations, mainly focusing on the diagnostic phase and on the clinical and laboratory procedures used to record and maintain the occlusal information gathered in the diagnostic phase.