This case demonstrates the two-stage surgical uncovering, abutment placement, temporization, abutment level transfer impression, and laboratory and chairside restoration of two mandibular molar implants with porcelain fused to metal crowns.
Categories: Porcelain Fused to Metal
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1. | Pre-operative site. |
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2. | Radiograph of two 5.0mm x 8.0mm HA coated implants. |
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3. | A 5.0mm x 6.5mm non-shouldered abutment being inserted into the well of the implant. |
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4. | View of two 5.0mm x 6.5mm non-shouldered abutments. |
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5. | Abutment being tapped to engage its locking taper connection with its implant. |
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6. | A 5.0mm acrylic sleeve being placed onto the non-shouldered abutment. |
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7. | A second sleeve being placed on a non-shouldered abutment. |
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8. | Acrylic sleeve being adjusted for occlusal clearance. |
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9. | Transitional composite material being added to acrylic sleeves to form a transitional prosthesis. |
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10. | Transitional prosthesis being snapped onto non-shouldered abutments. |
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11. | Transitional composite prosthesis incorporating two modified acrylic sleeves snapped onto abutments. Note amalgam tattoo. |
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12. | Radiograph of transitional prosthesis. |
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13. | After initial healing, the transitional prosthesis was removed and a 5.0mm yellow acrylic sleeve is being placed onto the non-shouldered abutment for the making of an abutment level transfer impression. |
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14. | Second 5.0mm yellow sleeve being snapped onto a 5.0mm non-shouldered abutment. |
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15. | Impression material being injected around yellow acrylic sleeves for the making of an abutment level transfer impression. |
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16. | A 5.0mm yellow abutment analog being inserted into a 5.0mm diameter yellow acrylic sleeve within the transfer impression. |
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17. | A second 5.0mm diameter yellow abutment analog being inserted into a 5.0mm diameter yellow acrylic sleeve within the transfer impression. |
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18. | Soft tissue material being injected around abutment analogs snapped into yellow acrylic sleeves. |
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19. | Two 5.0mm diameter yellow acrylic sleeves snapped onto two yellow metal abutment analogs in a stone model. |
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20. | Yellow acrylic sleeve and abutment analog being cut to allow for occlusal clearance. |
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21. | Two modified acrylic sleeves and unmodified and modified abutment analog. |
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22. | Acrylic sleeves being incorporated into wax pattern for metal castings. |
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23. | A modified and unmodified abutment analog in a stone model. |
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24. | A modified acrylic sleeve with a groove to indicate its buccal side is on an occlusally modified abutment analog prior to being used intra-orally as a corrective coping. |
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25. | A metal casting and acrylic sleeve on yellow abutment analogs. |
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26. | Yellow acrylic sleeve being used to indicate level to which non-shouldered abutment must be reduced occlusally prior to the try in of a metal casting. |
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27. | Anterior abutment modified to level of yellow acrylic sleeve. |
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28. | Metal casting being placed on anterior abutment. |
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29. | Metal casting being placed on posterior abutment. |
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30. | Two metal castings on non-shouldered abutments. Note amalgam tattoo of cervical tissue of anterior restoration. |
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31. | Two porcelain fused to metal restorations on abutment analogs. |
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32. | Mirror view of two porcelain fused to metal restorations. |
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33. | Minimal cement being injected only at the cervical area of the crown. |
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34. | Porcelain fused to metal restoration prior to being cemented intra-orally. |
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35. | View of cemented porcelain fused to metal restoration. Note the amalgam tattoo, which has been present throughout the treatment. |
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36. | Post-operative radiograph of two porcelain fused to metal restorations. |