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Friday, November 21st 2008 12:21PM EDT

All-Ceramic Crown: Extra-Oral Cementation of a Mandibular Molar
This case demonstrates the implant level impression, temporization, and extra-oral cementation of an all-ceramic crown.
     


1. Labial view prior to the uncovering of the 5.0mm x 8.0mm implant.


2. White 3.0mm impression post being inserted into the well of the uncovered implant.


3. Implant analog and impression post seated in implant level transfer impression.


4. Shoulder depth gauge seated in well of implant to facilitate the selection of a shouldered abutment for the transitional prosthesis.


5. A 5.0mm x 2.0mm shouldered abutment being inserted in the implant well.


6. Abutment seated with only finger pressure for the fabrication of a transitional crown.


7. A short one-piece acrylic sleeve seated onto shouldered abutment.


8. Vacuum-formed template with transitional composite material being inserted over one-piece acrylic sleeve.


9. Transitional crown being removed for polishing.


10. Transitional crown snapped onto shouldered abutment.


11. All-ceramic crown and abutment on a stone model.


12. Pink occlusal orientation jig on model.


13. Mirror view revealing the aluminum oxide sleeve core of the all-ceramic crown.


14. Soft tissue sulcus and implant well prior to the insertion of the extra-orally cemented crown.


15. Oblique crestal relieving incision being made to facilitate the seating of the all-ceramic crown.


16. Metalic coupler being applied to the head of a 5.0mm x 2.0mm shouldered abutment.


17. Bonding agent being applied to abutment.


18. Polyceramic cement being applied to abutment.


19. Extra-oral cementation of all-ceramic crown.


20. Mirror view of extra-orally cemented crown.


21. Extra-orally cemented all-ceramic crown being inserted into well of implant.


22. Crown being tapped into the implant.


23. Buccal view of seated crown.


24. Occluso-lingual view of seated all-ceramic crown.
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