Implant-abutment Selection For Aesthetic Restorations: Clinical Guide

Implant-abutment Selection For Aesthetic Restorations: Clinical Guide

Category: Prosthodontics

Instructor(s): Giacomo Fabbri, Ahmed Hamdy, Jennifer Chantler

Course structure: Lessons: 4 lessons | Duration: 2 h 26 min

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.

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.

Who is this course for?

This online course is designed for dentists and dental professionals interested in prosthodontics, clinical decision-making and evidence-informed dental practice.