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Peri-Implant Tissue Definition and Registration with a 3D-Printed Emergence Profile
Now online in the Journal of Prosthodontics, an open access technique and clinical report on Peri-implant tissue definition and registration co-authored by ACP members Francisco X. Azpiazu-Flores, DDS, MS, FRCD(C), Tisama Siyootagrai, DDS MSD, Chao-Chieh Yang, DDS, MSD, Dean Morton, DDS, MS, FICD, FACP, and Wei-Shao Lin, DDS, PhD, MBA.
Advancements in digital dentistry now allow for more precise customization and increased treatment efficiency for implant-supported prostheses. This case report introduces a technique to shape peri-implant tissues using a 3D-printed emergence profile former retained by a titanium stock healing abutment for implant-supported prostheses.
In this technique, the stock titanium healing abutment defined the gingival portions closer to the implant platform and retained the 3D-printed emergence profile former which prevented soft tissue collapse and preserved the soft tissue architecture around the implant undisturbed during the intraoral scanning procedure. This significantly reduced chair time compared to traditional techniques involving customized impression posts and definitive impressions with elastomeric materials.
Additionally, this technique replicated the contours established with the digital diagnostic wax-up during the planning stage, ensuring a definitive restoration with adequate thickness in its supragingival and subgingival portions.
Azpiazu-Flores FX, Siyootagrai T, Elfana A, Yang C-C, Morton D, Lin W-S. Peri-implant tissue definition and registration with a 3D-printed emergence profile former on titanium stock healing abutment: A dental technique and clinical report. J Prosthodont. 2025; 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopr.14011
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