Use of Patient's Own Natural Teeth as Part of the Interim Prosthesis on Immediately Placed Single Implants in a Staged Surgical Approach: A Clinical Report

Computer-aided design and additively manufactured resin-bonded framework to retain an existing ceramic crown as the interim restoration after extraction: A dental technique

A novel way to use the patient's existing ceramic crown from a nonrestorable maxillary anterior tooth as part of the interim restoration after extraction is described. The crown was fixed intraorally with a digitally designed and 3D printed resin-bonded fixed dental prosthesis framework in its pre-extraction position. The procedure maintained esthetics, optimized soft-tissue management, and provided a fixed prosthesis before implant placement in the esthetic zone.

A digital workflow for accurately and rapidly creating an immediate provisional restoration with natural emergence profile using extracted tooth

To describe a digital workflow for creating a provisional restoration by using an extracted tooth rapidly, finally fixing the provisional restoration in the targeted position precisely and preserving the natural emergence profile from the time of provisional restoration to final restoration. CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS: The use of extracted tooth as an immediate provisional restoration is an effective method for preserving the shape of the emergence profile. However, the existing methods for creating a provisional restoration by using natural tooth are time-consuming and there is no reliable method to precisely attach tooth to temporary abutment. This case demonstrates a new method for using patient's natural tooth as an immediate provisional restoration under a sequence of guides, which significantly reduces the chair-side time and inconvenience for clinicians and patients. Immediate provisional restoration contributes to preserving the soft tissue architecture after post-extraction implant placement, especially when using the patient's tooth as a provisional restoration. Digital technology can help to improve the chair-side clinical efficiency of dentist. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Maintaining the natural soft tissue architecture is a huge challenge in dental implantology. Use of the extracted tooth as a provisional restoration is likely to achieve an optimal outcome. And digital technology is helpful to the efficiency and accuracy of treatment.