How long can I wear an implant temporary crown? Interested in knowing how long a temporary crown on a dental implant will last? Want to know how long you can wear a dental implant temporary crown? Typically implant crown temporaries are made to wear for anywhere from a few weeks for 4-6 months while the […]
Dental implant temporary for a front tooth? What are options? If you are about to have a dental implant or dental implants placed on a front tooth you probably already know that means there will be a tooth missing in the area for several months. How you will handle that missing space is up to […]
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 […]
A method to gain keratinized tissue pre-implant surgery Many premolars and canines lack much keratinized tissue and may benefit from this procedure. Would be good when have such a tooth that fractures at gumline. Some of these teeth may be considered for PET. If the tooth fractures to below gumline during attempt to luxate for […]
Surgical flap options for dental implants Surgical flaps around dental implants are important if you hope to maintain natural looking tissue and papilla. The modified dental implant surgical flap. This flap can help form form a papilla between two dental implants. Side by side implant uncovering The esthetic buccal flap or aesthetic buccal flap for […]
Dental implant Hybrid abutment is also known as the H abutment Hybrid abutment is an abutment with a titanium section that is against the dental implant and a ceramic section over it to hide the metal. The H abutment is often specifically a lithium disilicate sleeve that the lab lutes to the titanium base. Hybrid […]
Anterior dental implant position for esthetics Most of the steps and rules are to ensure you can achieve a nice emergence profile. The biggest mistake that one can not come back from is placing the implant too shallow. Rules of Six 6 mm inter-radicular (5mm) 6 mm B-L bone (5mm) 6mm min length (use 8mm) […]
A dental implant showing can be an esthetic or biological issue or both. Dental implants that are above the gumline and you can see are an issue. If the threads are exposed it will be difficult to clean and cause biological issues. If you can see the metal it will cause an esthetic issue. How […]
Immediate placement and immediate temp of periodontal anterior tooth DEc 12 Diagnostic cast PA measure bone height IP to incisal edge of adjacent tooth On cast get pre-fab temp and have contact point be 5-6mm from bone level.
Custom impression coping to capture soft tissue emergence If doing many units together check steps at bottom. Indirect method of custom impression coping Spyropoulou 2009 Remove custom temp Screw it on lab analog Seat entire assembly in bite reg PVS Remove custom temp Place Impression coping (may need to alter to seat fully) Place autopolymerized […]
Screw retained Immediate implant temporary Fully digital Lab fabricates temporary crown with seating wings and hollow center Temp abutment is seated and temp crown is tried on offer it to check for full seating Once confirmed temp crown is luted to temp abutment intro-orally. Entire screw retained temp is now removed, refined, and polished. Dentistry […]
Proper emergence profile fabrication steps Getting a proper emergence profile is a combination of proper implant depth and proper temporary shape placement at the proper time. It is much easier to maintain a nice emergence profile from an immediate extraction and placement rather than to rebuild one. What a proper emergence profile looks like. A […]
Root submergence can be successful in situations where there are no direct occlusal forces on the gingiva. Patient where gingiva will be showing maybe leave roots and place implant bridge over.
