title: Transitional custom abutments: optimizing aesthetic treatment in implant-supported restorations.
abstract: As the discipline of implant prosthodontics continues to evolve, additional emphasis has been focused on the role of adequate emergence profiles and peri-implant soft tissue contours. Despite the development of anatomically shaped healing abutments, currently advocated techniques exhibit clinical limitations. This article introduces the transitional custom abutment technique as a method of manipulating the supra-implant soft tissue contours so that optimal emergence profiles and increased restorative flexibility can be achieved in the treatment of patients with compromised fixture angulation.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000044:Dental Abutments; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003833:Denture, Partial, Temporary; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008437:Maxilla