A method for obtaining peri-implant soft-tissue contours by using screw-retained provisional restorations as impression copings: A clinical report

Journal of Oral Implantology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 605-609

  Tsai, Bi Yuan ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergence profile; Impression copings; Peri implant soft tissue; Screw retained provisional restorations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; DENTAL IMPRESSION; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

CROWNS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS, SINGLE-TOOTH; DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; DENTAL RESTORATION, TEMPORARY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REGENERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054730149     PISSN: 01606972     EISSN: 15481336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1563/AAID-JOI-D-10-00026.1     Document Type: Article

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