Bicon Dental Implants
Wednesday, August 27th 2008 7:07PM EDT

Bicon Integrated Abutment Crown™: Chairside Addition of Occlusal Contact of a Maxillary Molar
This case demonstrates the implant level transfer impression and the chairside addition of occlusal contact of a maxillary first molar Bicon Integrated Abutment Crown™.
     


1. Radiograph of a 5.0mm x 8.0mm implant with a titanium temporary abutment.


2. Occlusal view of temporary abutment.


3. Occlusal view of implant 3.0mm implant well and soft tissue sulcus.


4. A white 3.0mm impression post being inserted into implant well.


5. Seated impression post after being tapped into the implant well.


6. Impression material being injected around post for the recording of an implant level transfer impression.


7. Acrylic temporary abutment being inserted into implant well to form soft tissue emergence profile.


8. Blanching of soft tissue demonstrates the contouring of a wider sulcus.


9. Occlusal view of temporary abutment.


10. Bicon Integrated Abutment Crown™ with blue incisal orientation jig on stone model.


11. Mirror view of molar Integrated Abutment Crown™.


12. Buccal view of temporary abutment prior to its removal.


13. Temporary abutment being removed from implant.


14. Buccal view of edentulous space prior to the insertion of Integrated Abutment Crown™.


15. Occlusal view of implant well and widened sulcus.


16. Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.


17. Blue incisal jig facilitates the orientation of the Integrated Abutment Crown™.


18. Initial seating is achieved by tapping on the seating jig.


19. Inter-proximal contact being checked with floss.


20. Pencil marking extent for additional material to be added for establishing occlusal contact.


21. Surface being roughened for addition of new polyceramic material.


22. Surface being cleaned with 95% ethyl alcohol.


23. Ceramo-coupler being applied to cleaned surface.


24. Polyceramic material on a glass slab.


25. Polyceramic material being added to occlusal surface.


26. Polyceramic material added to occlusal surface.


27. Occlusal contact being confirmed.


28. Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.


29. Seated Integrated Abutment Crown™.


30. Integrated Abutment Crown™ in occlusal contact.


31. Note bone level on radiograph of seated Integrated Abutment Crown™.


32. Note superior gingival aesthetics of seated Bicon Integrated Abutment Crown™.
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