Use of Implant-Supported Custom Milled Impression Copings to Capture Soft-Tissue Contours and Incisal Guidance.

A technique is presented where a custom milled impression coping is used to replicate the clinically established anterior incisal guidance to the definitive prosthesis when multiple implants are restored in the esthetic zone. A conventional impression is initially made, then the stone cast is scanned, and a digitally designed custom screw-retained, implant-supported interim prosthesis is milled from a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) billet. This is aimed to digitally design the pontic areas, contour the gingival soft tissue, and establish an anterior incisal guidance. A custom milled impression coping (CMIC) is then fabricated. The CMIC has contours similar to the contours of the interim prosthesis and is fabricated from a PMMA billet. Titanium inserts are placed in the interim prosthesis and the CMIC. The CMIC is inserted intraorally and used for the final impression by using a custom tray and by following the open tray impression protocol. With the proposed technique, the exact contours of the digitally designed and clinically verified interim prosthesis are used to fabricate the definitive restoration.

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