One-Stage Immediate Placement of a Bicon SHORT® Implant Using a Scannable Temporary Abutment for the Restoration of a Mandibular Incisor in Only Two Clinical Visits
This case demonstrates the extraction of a mandibular lower left central incisor, the one-stage immediate placement of a 3.5 x 8.0mm SHORT® Implant with a 4-Series Scannable Temporary Abutment with a 2.0mm post, digital impression scanning, temporization with a TRINIA® prosthesis, and the insertion of an Integrated Abutment Crown™ (IAC) for a 72-year-old male patient in only two clinical visits!
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2.0mm Pilot Drill being used to initiate the osteotomy.
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Blue 3.5mm Hand Reamer attached to a Threaded Instrument Adapter being used at 50 RPM to widen the osteotomy.
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Harvested bone chips in flute of the Hand Reamer.
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4-Series Scannable Temporary Abutment with a 2.0mm post.
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Radiograph of the one-stage immediately placed 3.5 x 8.0mm SHORT® Implant with a 4-Series Scannable Temporary Abutment.
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Clinical view of the 4-Series Scannable Temporary Abutment.
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Digital impression being used to record the positioning of the Scannable Temporary Abutment and the surrounding teeth.
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Digital occlusal image of the mandibular teeth with the Scannable Temporary Abutment.
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Winged TRINIA® transitional prosthesis.
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Winged TRINIA® transitional prosthesis being cemented in place.
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SECOND CLINICAL VISIT:
View of Scannable Temporary Abutment after removal of winged TRINIA® transitional prosthesis.
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Scannable Temporary Abutment being removed after three months of healing.
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Yellow thermoplastic seating jig and Integrated Abutment Crown™ (IAC), which were fabricated while the implant site was healing.
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Red 2.0mm Guide Pin being used to confirm the integration of the implant and to support the use of a red 4.0mm Sulcus Former.
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Red 4.0mm Sulcus Former attached to a Threaded Straight Handle being rotated to prepare site for the insertion of an IAC with a 4.0mm diameter abutment.
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IAC being inserted.
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Yellow seating jig in a Crown Seating Tip attached to a Threaded Straight Handle being used to gently and definitively tap the IAC into the implant's well.
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Initial incisal contacts indicated by blue ink markings.
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Lingual view of seated central incisor IAC.
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Radiographic image of a 3.5 x 8.0mm SHORT® Implant with an IAC.
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Clinical view immediately after seating of the central incisor IAC.
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