{"id":417,"date":"2015-08-09T17:19:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T22:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/?p=417"},"modified":"2016-08-01T16:54:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T21:54:49","slug":"importance-of-taking-a-radiograph-to-verify-accurate-interface-of-the-custom-abutment-to-implant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/importance-of-taking-a-radiograph-to-verify-accurate-interface-of-the-custom-abutment-to-implant\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of taking a radiograph to verify accurate interface of the custom abutment to implant."},"content":{"rendered":"

In this case report\u00a0Dr. Gentry demonstrates the importance of taking a radiograph when seating the custom abutment and crown before final torquing of the gold implant interface connecting screw.<\/p>\n

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Implant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Custom abutment and crown placed with gold screw tightened to finger pressure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Upper radiograph shows improper interface-note the gap present at the interface. Lower radiograph shows perfect fit, taken after adjusting the contact and re-positioning the crown\/abutment on the implant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gold screw used to attach crown and abutment to implant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Now the gold screw can be tightened to 20 Newtons per centimeter squared with the torque wrench.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Screw hole filled in with composite filling material.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s an example from a case I was doing with a dental student involving the 2 upper front teeth. In the first x-ray the impression copings were not fully seated. I re-positioned the copings and another x-ray was taken to confirm proper alignment. You cannot tell without an x-ray since this is below the gum-line.<\/p>\n

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x-ray verification showing implant copings not fully seated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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After re-positioning, perfect seating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s an example of another implant check x-ray to verify proper seating.<\/p>\n

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In this case report\u00a0Dr. Gentry demonstrates the importance of taking a radiograph when seating the custom abutment and crown before final torquing of the gold implant interface connecting screw. Here’s an example from a case I was doing with a dental student involving the 2 upper front teeth. In the first x-ray the impression copings … Continue reading Importance of taking a radiograph to verify accurate interface of the custom abutment to implant.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11,43,30,21,9,10,12,15,17,26,16],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-implants","tag-arlington","tag-crown","tag-dental","tag-dental-implant","tag-dental-implants","tag-dentist","tag-dr-gentry","tag-northern-virginia","tag-philip-gentry","tag-smile","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}