Use of CAD/CAM Healing Abutment Immediately After Dental Implant Placement for the Non-Esthetic Zone: A Guided Soft Tissue Healing Technique

Figure 1. Preoperative evaluation. Figure 2. The computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing healing abutment is digitally designed to simulate the contours of the definitive prosthesis. Figure 3. (a) Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) healing abutment. The contours are based on the contours of the definitive restoration. (b) CAD-CAM impression coping.

Figure 4. Healing abutment on the day of implant surgery. Figure 5. Postoperative x-ray on the day of surgery. Figure 6. (a) Three months after tissue healing. (b) Tissue has been contoured based on the contours of the definitive prosthesis. The stock healing abutment has been placed for demonstration purposes. Figure 7. Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing impression coping for final impression. Figure 8. The definitive prosthesis 1 year after loading.