title: Immediate provisionalization with a CAD/CAM interim abutment and crown: a guided soft tissue healing technique.
abstract: A technique is described in which a single interim abutment and crown were fabricated in advance and placed the day of dental implant surgery. The contours of the interim crown were identical to the contours of a tentatively designed definitive prosthesis and allowed the tissue to heal and obtain contours that accommodated the contours of the definitive prosthesis. After osseointegration was established, a definitive impression was made with a custom computer-assisted design and computer-assisted manufacturing impression coping. The definitive prosthesis then was fabricated.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Advance Education Program in Implant Dentistry, Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, Calif. Electronic address: DrProussaefs@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Periklis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Proussaefs
mesh_terms: D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003442:Crowns; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D059605:Dental Implant-Abutment Design; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D057893:Immediate Dental Implant Loading; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000379:methods; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D003738:Dental Cements; D003764:Dental Materials; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D019279:Resin Cements; C474196:Tempbond NE; C084550:Vitremer; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D015040:Zirconium; D014025:Titanium; C028541:zirconium oxide; D015034:Zinc Oxide