title: Development and capture of soft tissue contours at time of implant placement.
abstract: A technique is described which will generate a customized healing abutment for a dental implant to allow the development of ideal soft tissue contours. With implant position and soft tissue contours defined at surgery, customized impression techniques can be used to capture those details and help generate the definitive implant-supported restoration. This workflow reduces the number of patient visits.
authors.affiliation: Private practice, San Francisco, Calif. Electronic address: LambertStumpel@pacbell.net.
authors.forename: Lambert J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Stumpel
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Bellevue, Wash.
authors.forename: Chandur
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wadhwani
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003442:Crowns; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003760:Dental Impression Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010519:Periodontium / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; C050135:cavex