This case demonstrates the surgical placement and restoration with a Bicon Integrated Abutment Crown™ of an immediately placed and functioning maxillary second bicuspid implant.
Categories: Immediate Stabilization and FunctionBicon Integrated Abutment Crowns™
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1. | Extraction of the fractured teeth. |
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2. | Clinician‘s finger monitoring the buccal bone during the preparation of the pilot osteotomy at 1,100RPMs. |
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3. | Preparation of the osteotomy with a latch reamer at 50RPM. |
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4. | A 4.5mm x 8.0mm HA coated Implant being inserted with a seating tip threaded on a straight driver. |
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5. | Implant seating tip being removed from the implant. |
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6. | Etchant being applied to adjacent tooth surfaces. |
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7. | Bonding agent being applied to adjacent tooth surfaces. |
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8. | Light curing of bonding agent. |
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9. | Shoulder depth guage seated into the well of the implant to facilitate the selection of stealth abutment with an appropriate shoulder height. |
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10. | Shouldered stealth abutment being inserted into well of implant. |
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11. | White plastic stealth abutment being gently tapped into the implant well. |
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12. | Tall acrylic sleeve being placed onto white plastic 5.0mm stealth shouldered abutment. |
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13. | Plastic sleeve being trimmed. |
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14. | Polyceramic material being applied to the acrylic sleeve. |
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15. | Light curing of initial polyceramic material. |
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16. | Polyceramic material being inserted into vacuum formed template. |
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17. | Template being adapted to tooth. |
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18. | Light curing of newly applied material. |
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19. | Additional material being applied to a cervical void. |
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20. | Light curing of newly applied material. |
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21. | Transitional stabilizing prosthesis being contoured. |
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22. | Transitional stabilizing prosthesis being contoured. |
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23. | Transitional stabilizing prosthesis being polished. |
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24. | Finished transitional stabilizing prosthesis. |
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25. | Radiograph of transitional prosthesis and immediately functioning implant. |
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26. | View of sulcus and implant well after the removal of transitional stabilizing prosthesis. |
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27. | Tapping of white 3.0mm impression post into the well of the implant. |
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28. | Impression material being injected around white impression post for the making of an implant level transfer impression. |
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29. | Digital image is being taken of shade guides against a black metallic background to facilitate the fabrication of an aesthetic restoration. |
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30. | Integrated Abutment Crown™ on stone model. |
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31. | Mirror view of Integrated Abutment Crown™. |
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32. | Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted into the well of the implant. |
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33. | Blanching of soft tissues with the initial seating of the Integrated Abutment Crown™. |
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34. | Definitive seating of the restoration and engagement of its locking taper connection is being achieved by occlusal pressure on a cotton applicator. |
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35. | Gingivally aesthetic restorations after dissipation of the initial tissue blanching. |
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36. | Gingivally aesthetic restorations after dissipation of the initial tissue blanching. |
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37. | Post-operative radiograph of seated Integrated Abutment Crown™. |
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38. | One year post insertion image. |