Chairside Addition of Occlusal Contact of a Maxillary Molar

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

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Occlusal view of temporary abutment.

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

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

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Seated impression post after being tapped into the implant well.

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

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

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

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Occlusal view of temporary abutment.

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

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Mirror view of molar Integrated Abutment Crown™.

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Buccal view of temporary abutment prior to its removal.

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Temporary abutment being removed from implant.

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

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Occlusal view of implant well and widened sulcus.

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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.

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

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Initial seating is achieved by tapping on the seating jig.

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Inter-proximal contact being checked with floss.

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

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Surface being roughened for addition of new polyceramic material.

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Surface being cleaned with 95% ethyl alcohol.

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Ceramo-coupler being applied to cleaned surface.

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Polyceramic material on a glass slab.

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Polyceramic material being added to occlusal surface.

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Polyceramic material added to occlusal surface.

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Occlusal contact being confirmed.

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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.

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Seated Integrated Abutment Crown™.

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Integrated Abutment Crown™ in occlusal contact.

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

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