Ideal emergence profiles for implant-supported restorations

Dentists who combine analog impression and digital scanning techniques with computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing technology can develop a prosthetically driven emergence profile for implant-supported restorations. The 6-step technique is detailed in an article published online in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry.

Advantages of the 6-Step Technique

1. The length of healing abutments can be ignored.
2. Sculpting soft tissue is no longer necessary after using the custom healing abutment.
3. Custom anatomic abutments can overcome the limitations of stock abutments, which cannot approximate all contours during healing.
4. The procedure takes less chair time, and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing technology allows dentists to make a custom abutment or screw-retained implant crown with a definitive emergence profile.
5. The technique eliminates laboratory costs and eliminates laboratory errors when the gingival mask can be designed while fabricating the definitive restoration.
6. Reducing repeated disconnection of components from the implant also minimizes the loss of peri-implant bone and soft tissue.

Original Article

Julian Conejo, Pablo J. Atria, Ronaldo Hirata, Markus B. Blatz. Copy milling to duplicate the emergence profile for implant-supported restorations,.The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 2019 [Article in Press]

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