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First Visit: Multiple extractions and implant placement. Pre-operative radiograph.
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Pre-operative site.
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Luxating carious tooth.
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Extracted root.
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View of mandibular site after all roots have been extracted.
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Blood being collected from surgical site to be mixed with SynthoGraft™ Pure Phase Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate for bone grafting procedures.
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Pilot osteotomy being drilled with a 2.0mm pilot drill parallel to adjacent gold colored paralleling pins.
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View of paralleling pins seated in the initial osteotomies confirming their appropriate trajectory.
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Osteotomy being enlarged with an olive green 2.5mm latch reamer rotating at 50RPM without irrigation.
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Harvested bone in the flute of a teal 3.0mm hand reamer attached to a hand reamer extension.
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Harvested bone in the flute of a blue 3.5mm latch reamer.
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Harvested bone in the flute of a red 4.0mm latch reamer.
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Harvested bone in the flute of a silver 4.5mm latch reamer.
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Harvested bone in the flute of a gold 5.0mm latch reamer.
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A 4.5 x 8.0mm Bicon implant being inserted into its osteotomy with an inserter/retriever instrument.
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A 5.0 x 5.0mm Bicon SHORT® implant being inserted into its osteotomy with polyethylene healing plug.
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A 5.0 x 6.0mm Bicon SHORT® implant being inserted into the osteotomy with an inserter/retriever instrument.
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Bicon Resorbable Collagen Membrane cut to size is being placed so that its margins extend onto surrounding bone on its mesial, distal, and apical borders.
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Mixture of patient’s blood and SynthoGraft™ being injected over the shoulder of the implant with a bone graft syringe.
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Black polyethylene healing plugs prior to their being cut.
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Shouldered stealth abutment being inserted into its implant to support a fixed transitional prosthesis.
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Composite material Integrity™ injected over the stealth acrylic temporization sleeves.
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Transitional prosthesis in vacuum formed template removed for polishing.
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Reinsertion of the polished transitional prosthesis.
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Pre-operative maxillary site.
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Extracted root.
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A blue light-cured resin surgical template being used to indicate the appropriate mesio-distal positioning of the pilot osteotomies.
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Pilot osteotomy being drilled with a 2.0mm pilot drill with external irrigation.
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View of paralleling pins seated in the initial osteotomies confirming their appropriate trajectory.
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Osteotomy being enlarged with an olive green 2.5mm latch reamer rotating at 50RPM without irrigation.
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Osteotomy being enlarged with a teal 3.0mm latch reamer rotating at 50RPM without irrigation.
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Harvested bone in the flute of a blue 3.5mm latch reamer.
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Osteotomy being enlarged with a red 4.0mm latch reamer rotating at 50RPM without irrigation.
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Osteotomy being enlarged with a gold 5.0mm latch reamer rotating at 50RPM without irrigation.
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A 5.0 x 6.0mm Bicon SHORT® implant being inserted into its osteotomy with an inserter/retriever instrument.
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Bicon Resorbable Collagen Membrane cut to size is being placed so that its margins extend onto surrounding bone on its mesial, distal, and apical borders
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Mixture of patient’s blood and SynthoGraft™ placed over the shoulder of the implant.
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A 4.5 x 8.0mm Bicon implant being inserted into the osteotomy with an inserter/retriever.
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Black polyethylene healing plugs prior to their being cut.
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Stealth shouldered abutment is being inserted into its implant to support a fixed transitional implant.
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An acrylic temporization sleeve is being inserted onto its stealth abutment to fabricate a fixed transitional prosthesis.
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Appropriateness of the vacuum formed template is being confirmed.
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Composite material Integrity™ injected over the acrylic temporization sleeves to form a strut.
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Composite material Integrity™ injected into the vacuum formed template to be inserted over the strut.
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Transitional prosthesis of acrylic sleeves and Integrity™ composite material is being formed.
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Transitional prosthesis in vacuum formed template being removed for polishing.
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Polished transitional prosthesis is being re-inserted onto the stealth abutments for the immediate loading of the implants.
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Post-insertion radiograph.
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Second Visit: Uncovering an implant level transfer impression of integrated implants. Black polyethylene healing plug being removed from the well of the implant with healing plug removal instrument.
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Red 2.0mm, blue 2.5mm, and green 3.0mm titanium impression posts with corresponding acrylic sleeves in place for the making of a full arch implant level impression.
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Impression material being injected around the red, blue and green impression sleeves for the making of a full arch implant level transfer impression
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Impression sleeves within the full arch implant level transfer impression.
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View of the titanium impression posts in place after the making of a full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Stealth abutments being inserted and seated prior to snapping on the temporization sleeves for the making of a temporary prosthesis.
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Facial view prior to snapping on of additional temporization sleeves for the making of a transitional fixed prosthesis.
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Facial view of abutments with temporization sleeves.
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Transitional composite material Integrity™ being injected around the acrylic temporization sleeves to form a strut.
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Vacuum-formed template being inserted over the acrylic sleeves and strut to confirm its appropriateness.
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Unpolished transitional prosthesis and vacuum formed template.
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Transitional prosthesis being removed for polishing.
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Polished transitional prosthesis after being snapped onto the abutments.
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Edentulous maxillary ridge prior to the removal of black polyethylene healing plugs.
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Black polyethylene healing plug being removed from the well of an implant with healing plug removal instrument.
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Blue 2.5mm, and green 3.0mm titanium impression posts in place for the making of an implant level transfer impression.
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Blue 2.5mm, and green 3.0mm titanium impression posts with corresponding acrylic sleeves in place for the making of a full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Impression material being injected around the blue and green impression sleeves for the making of a full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Impression sleeves within the full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Temporization sleeve being inserted for the making of temporary guide tooth, which will give the technician the approximate length, width, midline, trajectory, and lip lines of the intended tooth.
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Guide tooth being formed to provide technician with nonverbal information for the intended tooth.
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Guide tooth and impression sleeves in place for the recording of the patients occlusal registration.
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Pattern acrylic resin being applied to impression sleeves for the recording of a bite registration.
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Recording a bite registration.
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Maxillary temporary prosthesis being inserted.
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Modifying the temporary prosthesis by injecting additional transitional.
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Post impression radiograph revealing non-integrated implants.
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Third Visit: Insertion of final and laboratory fabricated transitional prostheses.
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Integrated Abutment Crowns™ and temporary prosthesis on stone model.
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View of shouldered abutments on stone model.
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Vaseline™ being applied to stabilize the partially seated abutments within the prosthesis, as they are transported intra-orally to their corresponding implant wells.
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Milled abutments being incompletely inserted into the temporary prosthesis prior to their being transported to the mouth.
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Edentulous maxillary ridge prior to the insertion of the temporary prosthesis and the Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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Temporary prosthesis being used to orient and individually seat the abutments into the wells of their corresponding implants.
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Milled abutment being definitively seated into the well of its implant.
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Temporary prosthesis being inserted onto the seated abutments.
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A green 6.5mm sulcus reamer being used to remove any excess tissue above the implant prior to the insertion of an IAC® with an angled abutment.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being fully seated with a plastic healing abutment on a threaded straight handle.
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Yellow thermoplastic custom orientation jig being used to confirm proper orientation of the Integrated Abutment Crowns™ and the temporary prosthesis.
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Temporary prosthesis being inserted into the mouth.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being fully seated with a plastic healing abutment on a threaded straight handle.
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Edentulous mandibular ridge prior to the insertion of Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being fully seated with a plastic healing abutment on a threaded straight handle.
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Fourth Visit: 2.5 months after the prosthetic insertion. Bone grafting and insertion of the remaining implants. Incision being made.
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Blood being collected from surgical site to be mixed with SynthoGraft™ Pure Phase Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate.
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View of the bony ridge.
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Patients bone being removed for grafting.
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View of the surgical site.
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Perio probe being used to measure the site.
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Osteotomy being enlarged with an olive green 2.5mm latch reamer rotating at 50RPM without irrigation.
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Osteotomy being enlarged with a teal 3.0mm extended latch reamer rotating at 50RPM without irrigation.
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Harvested bone in the flute of a red 4.0mm latch reamer.
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A 4.5 x 8.0mm Bicon implant being inserted into the osteotomy with an inserter/retriever instrument.
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Polyethylene healing plug being inserted into the well of the implant.
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Mixture of patient’s blood and SynthoGraft™ placed over the shoulder of the implants.
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Bicon Resorbable Collagen Plug placed over the SynthoGraft™.
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Grafted surgical site prior to being sutured.
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Sutured surgical site.
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Post-operative radiograph.
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Post-operative radiograph.
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Fifth Visit: Six months after the placement of six Bicon implants. View of crestal ridge and two white temporary abutments in place prior to incisions being made.
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Incision being made for the removal of the black polyethylene healing plugs.
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Crestal incision revealing the black polyethlene healing plugs within the well of their implants.
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Black polyethylene healing plug being removed from the well of the implant with a removal instrument.
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Red 2.0mm and blue 2.5mm guide pins in the implant wells.
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A magenta 4.0mm sulcus reamer being used to remove any excess tissue.
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Shouldered abutment being tapped into place after the removal of the red 2.0mm paralleling pin.
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Uncovering incision being made.
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Healing plug being removed with a #110 endodontic file.
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Well of the implant after the removal of the abutment.
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Blue 2.5mm and green 3.0mm titanium impression posts in place.
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Blue 2.5mm acrylic sleeve being placed onto corresponding titanium impression post.
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Blue 2.5mm, and green 3.0mm titanium impression posts with corresponding acrylic sleeves in place for the making of a full arch implant level impression.
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Impression material being injected around the blue and green impression sleeves for the making of a full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Impression sleeves within the full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Recording a bite registration after pattern acrylic resin was applied to the impression sleeves.
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Occlusal registration being made.
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Bite registration with impression sleeves in place.
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Guide tooth being fabricated to provide technician with information for the size and morphology of the intended tooth.
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Relieving incision being made.
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Black polyethylene healing plug being removed from the well of the implant with healing plug removal instrument.
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A magenta 4.0mm sulcus reamer being used to remove any excess tissue.
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A red 2.0mm impression post being inserted into the implant well.
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Red 2.0mm acrylic sleeve being placed onto corresponding titanium impression post.
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Red 2.0mm, blue 2.5mm, and green 3.0mm titanium impression posts with corresponding acrylic sleeves in place for the making of a full arch implant level impression.
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Impression material being injected around the red, blue and green impression sleeves for the making of a full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Impression sleeves within the full arch implant level transfer impression.
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Radiograph after uncovering.
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Radiograph after uncovering.
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Radiograph after uncovering.
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Sixth Visit: Three months after the uncovering; insertion of the remaining IACs. Integrated Abutment Crowns™ on stone model
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Temporary prosthesis being removed.
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White healing abutment being removed.
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Edentulous maxillary ridge prior to the insertion of the Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Yellow thermoplastic custom orientation jig being used to confirm proper orientation of the single Integrated Abutment Crown™.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Floss being used to confirm the fact that the interproximal contacts are passive and will not interfere with the engagement of the locking taper.
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Yellow thermoplastic custom orientation jig being used to confirm proper orientation of the Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being fully seated with a plastic healing abutment on a threaded straight handle.
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Yellow thermoplastic custom seating jig being used to facilitate directing the tapping forces in the long axis of the abutment post and implant well.
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Removing the temporary prosthesis.
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Edentulous mandibular ridge prior to the insertion of the Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Blue 2.5mm paralleling pin being inserted into the well of the implant.
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A magenta 4.0mm sulcus reamer being used to remove any excess tissue above the implant.
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A gold 5.0mm sulcus reamer being used to remove any excess tissue above the implant.
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Blue 2.5mm paralleling pin being removed from the well of the implant.
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Excess tissue being removed from over the implant.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Integrated Abutment Crown™ being inserted.
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Yellow thermoplastic custom seating jig being used to facilitate directing the tapping forces in the long axis of the abutment post and implant well.
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Floss being used to confirm the fact that the interproximal contacts are passive and will not interfere with the engagement of the locking taper.
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Blue articulating paper being used to indicate occlusal contacts
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Occlusal view indicating occlusal contacts.
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Adjusting occlusal contacts.
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Fourth Visit: Two weeks after the uncovering of two 4.0 x 8.0mm Bicon implants. Facial view of 12 maxillary IACs.
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Facial view of 12 mandibular IACs.
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Patient’s smile with 24 Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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Post-operative radiograph of 24 immediately restored implants with Integrated Abutment Crowns™.
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