Implant-abutment Selection For Aesthetic Restorations: Clinical Guide
Implant-abutment Selection For Aesthetic Restorations: Clinical Guide
Course overview
Abutment selection for implant-supported prosthodontics treatment — Your guide to predictable clinical practice!
An insight into dental implant-abutment selection criteria for the aesthetic and function of the restorations.
What you will learn
Biomaterials and clinical applications of customized healing abutments
Protocols for working with digital healing abutments around soft tissue
Implants biologically driven emergence profile creation techniques
Prosthetic protocols for working in aesthetically significant areas.
Course lessons
Lesson 1. Custom Healing Abutments and Implantation in the Aesthetic Zone
Risk assessment in implant treatment within the aesthetic zone
Techniques for enhancing the aesthetic predictability of implant treatment in the aesthetic zone
Identification of various emergence profile zones in implant rehabilitation
Various types of custom healing abutment generators.
Lesson 2. Emergence Profile and Soft Tissue Management with Custom Healing Abutments
Utilization of chairside custom digital healing abutment or temporary crown to maintain soft tissue contours
Protocols for transferring the created soft tissue contour to the lab technician
Assessment of favorable emergence profiles for ideal prostheses
Analysis of clinical cases.
Lesson 3. Abutment Selection for Implant Rehabilitation in the Aesthetic Zone
Principles of implant aesthetics
Restoratively driven treatment planning
Aspects of the abutment form that can affect aesthetics and prognosis
Clinical decisions regarding:
Abutment type
Material
Fixation Method.
Role of provisional restorations in achieving optimal aesthetic outcomes
Importance of proper implant placement and emergence profile
Long-term maintenance and follow-up care for aesthetic implant restorations.
Lesson 4. Soft Tissue Management and Biologically Driven Emergence Profile
Contamination and sterilization of abutments
Implants biologically driven emergence profile morphology
The "one abutment – one time" protocol
Creating a biological emergence profile: a surgical approach
Aesthetically significant area: working with soft tissue
Analysis of clinical cases.
