Each abutment is screwed onto the implant, and a restoration is cemented to it.

In this type of restoration, an access hole remains in the occlusal surface of the restoration.

Main indications, benefits and concerns to take into account for each option.

Stable occlusion.

Better esthetics (no occlusal access holes).

An impression coping is attached to each implant, and an impression tray filled with impression material records the oral structures.

After setting, the impression tray is taken out of the mouth, each impression coping is attached to an analog, and then re-installed into its own position in the impression.

As the impression tray filled with impression material is placed, the tips of the impression copings or their long screws must extend out of the tray and be visible to the dentist.

Digital impressions this technique utilizes specially made scan bodies, that should be recognizable by the specific digital system, to capture the correct three-dimensional position of each implant and the surrounding oral structures.

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