title: Using digitally coded healing abutments and an intraoral scanner to fabricate implant-supported, cement-retained restorations.
abstract: The accuracy of conventional impression materials and stone dies has been a consistent challenge for clinicians. As an alternative, intraoral scanning technology has the potential to resolve this problem. This clinical report describes the step-by-step technique necessary to scan digitally coded healing abutments with an intraoral scanner and generate implant abutments and cement-retained restorations without the use of impression materials, dental stone, or implant impression copings and analogs.
authors.affiliation: Implant Prosthodontic Fellow, Division of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Namrata
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nayyar
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McGlumphy
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D017076:Computer-Aided Design / Q000295:instrumentation; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D059605:Dental Implant-Abutment Design; D003761:Dental Impression Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003765:Models, Dental; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003738:Dental Cements; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium