CATEGORY 96 AUSTRALASIAN DENTIST CLINICAL CONCLUSION Accurate implant placement is essential for optimal aesthetics. e apicocoronal, faciolingual, and mesiodistal parameters of implant placement have all already been well described. e optimal implant diameter and abutment morphology depend on the cervical dimension of the natural tooth being replaced. is information is also critical to achieve a maintainable and realistic soft tissue morphology. Prefabricated circular healing abutments promote non-anatomic, softtissue maturation that must be remedied at the restorative stage by the judicious and clinically sensitive addition of resin to the interim crown and abutment. e soft tissue healing time and limits of immediate tissue compression make the task of developing a clinically correct emergence pro le a time-consuming, demanding, multistep process. Incompletely polymerized shapemodifying resin can also cause soft tissue irritation in some patients. ese common clinical challenges can be readily overcome by using tooth-speci c, anatomically designed, prefabricated healing abutments that mimic the natural tooth geometry instead of prefabricated circular healing abutments. u Contact Dr. Gábor Berkei Clinic name: Helvetic Clinic Address: Practice address: 1065, Hungary, Budapest, Revay street 12. Email: berkei.gabor@gmail.com Instagram: @takeatooth Fig 22. Well-shaped emergence profile, after 3 months of healing Fig 23. Monolithic zircon, screw-retrained crown, & preserved soft tissue Fig 21. Pre-milled healing abutment & hanging sutures Fig 20. Sockets were filled with autograft-xenograft mixture ADA News Bulletin (2)180mm x 120mm.indd 1 11/7/18 1:35 pm
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