A crown venting technique for the cementation of implant-supported crowns.
With the increased use of implant systems for the replacement of single teeth, some dental practitioners are choosing to permanently cement the final restoration instead of using the screw-retention modality. Many of these restorations have subgingival margins; therefore, the cementation technique becomes a critical procedure because incomplete seating of the restoration or excess cement can be lodged in the gingival sulcus. The use of a cement escape way or venting technique for the cementation of an implant-supported restoration is described.
Schwedhelm
E Ricardo
ER
School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA. erschwed@u.washington.edu
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D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods*; D003442:Crowns; D003735:Dental Casting Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013499:Surface Properties
D003738:Dental Cements