How to make a custom healing abutment for dental implant
Cerec can make to look like this – very cool custom tissue former
To do by self need PEEK abutment and acrylic or universal bond and flowable
Or metal is fine but only mechanical retention.
- Place temp abutment
- Pack plumbers tape in all around below gumline
- Reduce temp abutment to just fit with occlusion
- Place some bis-acryl around tape and then
- Make temp just like do with crown temp (in triple tray)
- After set access screw an remove
- Finish margins with flowable and polish
- Ensure no IP contacts (allows papilla to fill in to fullest extent)
- No occlusion either
Can buy some that are customized to certain teeth, brands are VPI and Anatotemp