Immediate placement and immediate provisional abutment modeling in anterior single-tooth implant restorations using a CAD/CAM application: a clinical report.
A patient underwent immediate implant placement and immediate provisional restoration with nonocclusal loading in the right central incisor area. A provisional custom abutment and a cemented provisional restoration were fabricated. At the impression appointment, an implant level impression was made and the provisional abutment was scanned for fabrication of the definitive custom abutment. This clinical report describes how CAD/CAM technology can facilitate the definitive restoration of immediately placed and loaded implants by allowing the fabrication of the definitive abutment as an exact duplicate of the provisional abutment.
Department of Prosthodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78229, USA. tselios@uthscsa.edu
Nikolaos
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Tselios
Stephen M
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Parel
John D
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Jones
D000328:Adult; D002484:Cementation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003442:Crowns; D000044:Dental Abutments; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D019233:Retreatment; D016896:Treatment Outcome