A Modified Impression Technique for Accurate Registration of Peri-implant Soft Tissues

A Modified Impression Technique for Accurate Registration of Peri-implant Soft Tissues
February 2003
By Nikolai Attard, BChD, MSc and Izchak Barzilay, DDS, Cert Prostho, MS
Journal of the Canadian Dental Association
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Abstract
Replacement of single missing teeth with an implant-supported restoration is recognized as a highly successful treatment. An impression technique for peri-implant soft-tissue replication in an anterior zone is described. The technique involves use of an interim restoration as an abutment for the final impression. This allows accurate duplication of the soft tissues and fabrication of a final restoration with the correct emergence profile.