title: Digital implant impressions with the "Individualized Scanbody Technique" for emergence profile support.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Short Communication presents a clinical case in which a novel procedure--the "Individualized Scanbody Technique" (IST)--was applied, starting with an intraoral digital impression and using CAD/CAM process for fabrication of ceramic reconstructions in bone level implants.
  
  
  METHODS
  A standardized scanbody was individually modified in accordance with the created emergence profile of the provisional implant-supported restoration. Due to the specific adaptation of the scanbody, the conditioned supra-implant soft tissue complex was stabilized for the intraoral optical scan process. Then, the implant platform position and the supra-implant mucosa outline were transferred into the three-dimensional data set with a digital impression system. Within the technical workflow, the ZrO2 -implant-abutment substructure could be designed virtually with predictable margins of the supra-implant mucosa.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After finalization of the 1-piece screw-retained full ceramic implant crown, the restoration demonstrated an appealing treatment outcome with harmonious soft tissue architecture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The IST facilitates a simple and fast approach for a supra-implant mucosal outline transfer in the digital workflow. Moreover, the IST closes the interfaces in the full digital pathway.
authors.affiliation: Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.|Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Joda
authors.affiliation: Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Julia-Gabriela
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wittneben
authors.affiliation: Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brägger
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003442:Crowns; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D006801:Humans
keywords: dental implant; digital impression; emergence profile; esthetics; intraoral optical scan; scanbody