Cases
Custom Abutments in the Aesthetic Zone
Four anterior implants restored with zirconia custom abutments on titanium bases, in a patient with a thin biotype and a high smile line.
Four anterior implants restored with zirconia custom abutments on titanium bases, in a patient with a thin biotype and a high smile line.
The patient had a high smile line and thin peri-implant tissue. Stock titanium abutments would have shown grey through the gingiva, so zirconia abutments on titanium bases were designed with a concave emergence profile.
The profile was built from the soft-tissue scan, with the margin placed at the gingival level and the screw channel emerging palatally.
The abutments were milled and bonded to titanium bases, checked under magnification, then veneered with layered zirconia crowns. Photographs at the same magnification documented the tissue contour at delivery and at the four-week review.
The emergence profile was designed, not inherited from a stock part. The tissue had a shape to heal around.
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