Simplified Fabrication of an Esthetic Implant-Supported Crown With a Novel CAD/CAM Glass Ceramic

Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2016 Jun;37(6):396-9.

Abstract

Implant therapy and CAD/CAM technologies are advancing quickly, providing predictable esthetic and functional treatment options. A recent development involves the use of zirconia-reinforced lithium-silicate ceramic for fabrication of implant-supported restorations. Suitable for monolithic crowns, the material provides the optical advantages of a silicate ceramic with improved physical strength. Several prerequisites, however, are necessary to fabricate screw-retained monolithic restorations in the anterior maxilla. This case report demonstrates the clinical steps to fabricate a monolithic ceramic CAD/CAM crown on an immediately placed dental implant in the esthetic zone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ceramics / chemistry*
  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Crowns*
  • Dental Prosthesis Design*
  • Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported*
  • Dental Restoration Failure
  • Esthetics, Dental
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immediate Dental Implant Loading*
  • Incisor
  • Middle Aged
  • Resin Cements / chemistry
  • Titanium / chemistry

Substances

  • Resin Cements
  • Glass ceramics
  • Titanium