A Modified Implant Healing Abutment to Optimize Soft Tissue Contours: A Case Report

A Modified Implant Healing Abutment to Optimize Soft Tissue Contours: A Case Report
Implant Dentistry. 13(4):297-300, 2004
Pow, Edmond H. N. BDS, MDS *; McMillan, Anne S. BDS, PhD
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Abstract:
The soft tissue profile created around a conventional healing abutment may be inadequate to accommodate an anatomically shaped abutment that is larger than a standard machined abutment. This causes difficulties in its insertion and subsequent impression-making and provisional restoration fabrication. This article presents a simple technique to overcome these problems.
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