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Digital image being taken of shade guide against a black plastic background to facilitate the fabrication of aesthetic Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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View of implant wells after the removal of two non-shouldered abutments.
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Red 2.0mm and green 3.0mm guide pin seated in the wells of the implants indicating their trajectories. Note the severe angle in which the implants were placed.
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A 3.0mm titanium impression post being seated into the well of an integrated implant for the making of an implant level transfer impression.
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View of seated 2.0mm and 3.0mm titanium impression posts.
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A red 2.0mm plastic sleeve being inserted onto the 2.0mm titanium impression post.
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Seated red 2.0mm plastic sleeve.
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A green 3.0mm plastic sleeve being inserted onto the 3.0mm titanium impression post.
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Floss being used to check that the sleeves need to be adjusted in order to eliminate contacts.
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Red 2.0mm plastic sleeve being adjusted.
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View of seated sleeves after the adjustment.
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Floss being used to confirm that there’s no interference between the sleeves.
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Impression material being injected around the impression post for the making of a full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Implant level transfer impression being made.
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View of assembled 2.0mm and 3.0mm titanium impression posts and titanium implant analogs seated in the impression.
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View of soft tissue material around the implant analogs.
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Dental stone being poured into the transfer impression.
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View of soft tissue model.
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Non-shouldered abutment being modified while being held in an abutment prep holder.
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Non-shouldered abutment being modified while being held in an abutment prep holder.
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Additional titanium being welded to the modified abutment.
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View of prepared non-shouldered abutments in stone model.
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Close-up view of prepared non-shouldered abutments in soft tissue model.
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Abutment being blasted with 50-micron alumina.
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Primer being applied.
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Ceramage® pre-opaque.
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Pre-opaque being applied.
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Pre-opaque being light cured.
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Ceramage® opaque.
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Metal opaque being applied.
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View of metal opaque layer on top of prepared non-shouldered abutments.
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View of prepared non-shouldered abutments with metal opaque layer seated in stone model.
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Polyceramic opaque dentin being applied.
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Polyceramic opaque dentin being light cured.
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Polyceramic opaque dentin being applied.
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Polyceramic opaque dentin being applied.
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Ceramage® Body.
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Ceramage® material being applied.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being contoured.
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View of the restoration after an application and light curing of enamel dentin.
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Ceramage® translucent and incisal.
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Ceramage® incisal being applied.
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View of Integrated Abutment Crowns™ on a stone model.
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Integrated Abutment Crowns™ being cleaned in 95% ethyl alcohol.
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Contacts being checked with articulating paper.
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Interproximal contacts being adjusted.
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View of marked unpolished Integrated Abutment Crowns™ being adjusted.
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Lingual side of Integrated Abutment Crown™ being marked.
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Lingual side of Integrated Abutment Crown™ being adjusted.
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Modeling liquid being applied.
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Modeling liquid being light cured.
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View of pink polyceramic material on marble slab being mixed to match the shade of patient’s soft tissue.
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Pink polyceramic material being applied to the cervical area of the Integrated Abutment Crown™.
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Pink polyceramic material being applied to the cervical area of the Integrated Abutment Crown™.
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Pink polyceramic material being applied to the lingual side.
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Pink polyceramic material being applied.
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Pink polyceramic material being light cured.
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Additional pink polyceramic material being applied.
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Additional pink polyceramic material being applied.
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Added pink polyceramic material being polished.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being polished with pink silicone wheel.
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The surface of an Integrated Abutment Crown™ being roughened in preparation for additional application of incisal layer.
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Additional incisal layer being applied.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being contoured.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being polished with pink acrylic polishing wheel.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being polished with pink acrylic polishing wheel.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being polished with bristle brush.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being polished with gray upofix silicone brush.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being polished with nylon soft bristle brush.
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Final buffing of the Integrated Abutment Crown™ with a cloth wheel.
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Final buffing of the Integrated Abutment Crown™ with a cloth wheel.
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View of polished Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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View of Integrated Abutment Crowns™ on stone model.
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Yellow thermoplastic custom seating jig being fabricated on an Integrated Abutment Crown™ with a crown alignment device.
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View of yellow thermoplastic custom seating jig in its holding device.
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View of transitional abutments prior to their removal for the insertion of Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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Patient’s smile after the removal of the abutments.
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Close-up view of the soft tissue sulci and implant wells.
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Well of implant being cleaned with alcohol on a cotton tipped applicator.
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Initial seating of the maxillary left cuspid Integrated Abutment Crown™.
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View of seated maxillary left cuspid Integrated Abutment Crown™.
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Initial seating of the maxillary left lateral incisor Integrated Abutment Crown™.
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View of seated Integrated Abutment Crown™.
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Well of implant being cleaned with alcohol on a cotton tipped applicator.
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Abutment post being cleaned with alcohol wipe to remove any debris which would diminish the effectiveness of the locking taper connection.
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Yellow thermoplastic custom seating jig, which was formed with a crown alignment device, in a crown seating tip attached to a straight handle facilitates directing the tapping forces in the long axis of the abutment post and implant well.
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Well of implant being cleaned with alcohol on a cotton tipped applicator.
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Yellow thermoplastic custom seating jig, which was formed with a crown alignment device, in a crown seating tip attached to a straight handle facilitates directing the tapping forces in the long axis of the abutment post and implant well.
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Diamond finishing strip being used to lighten the interproximal contact area eliminating the possibility that the contact may prevent the engagement of the locking taper connection.
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Excessive incisal contacts being adjusted on the mandibular central incisor.
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View of seated Integrated Abutment Crowns™ immediately after insertion.
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