title: Customized CAD-CAM healing abutment for delayed loaded implants.
abstract: When conventional prefabricated healing abutments are used, the surrounding soft tissue profile may be unfavorable at the time for restorative treatment, requiring additional time-consuming recontouring. This article presents a technique for fabricating a customized computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) healing abutment for a delayed loaded dental implant placed in the region of a missing maxillary right first premolar. A surgical guide was fabricated and a definitive cast was made from the surgical guide. The cast was digitized using a scanner, and a customized healing abutment was digitally designed using computer software. The presented technique provides guided implant placement and predicts optimum soft tissue contours that enhance the implant emergence profile.
authors.affiliation: Lecturer, Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Waled M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Alshhrani
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: dramri@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Al Amri
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D000044:Dental Abutments; D059605:Dental Implant-Abutment Design; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged