title: A modified implant healing abutment to optimize soft tissue contours: a case report.
abstract: The soft tissue profile created around a conventional healing abutment may be inadequate to accommodate an anatomically shaped abutment that is larger than a standard machined abutment. This causes difficulties in its insertion and subsequent impression-making and provisional restoration fabrication. This article presents a simple technique to overcome these problems.
authors.affiliation: Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Edmond H N
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Pow
authors.forename: Anne S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: McMillan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary; D005881:Gingiva / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014945:Wound Healing