Customized emergence profile in the implant crown--a new technique
Bain, C.A.; Weisgold, A.S.
Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry 18(1): 41-45; Quiz 46
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 1548-8578 PMID: 9161136 Document Number: 476910
As single-tooth replacement becomes an accepted part of daily practice, demands for optimum esthetics in implant-supported crowns increase. Most healing abutments and transfer copings are round and do not simulate the normal cross section of anterior teeth, resulting in unnatural sulcular form around implant abutments. This article presents a simple and economical method to develop and reproduce an optimum emergence profile in the implant crown using standard Nobelpharma components.