Digital workflow for low-cost 3D-printed custom healing abutment based on emergence profile CBCT segmentation

Mariana Balcewicz Pozza; Alan Jony de Moura Costa; Shaban Burgoa; Dionir Ventura; Arthur Rodriguez Gonzalez Cortes

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2022.10.019

Digital workflow for low-cost 3D-printed custom healing abutment based on emergence profile CBCT segmentation

J Prosthet Dent. 2022 Dec 9:S0022-3913(22)00703-X. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2022.10.019. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Mariana Balcewicz Pozza¹, Alan Jony de Moura Costa², Shaban Burgoa², Dionir Ventura³, Arthur Rodriguez Gonzalez Cortes⁴

Affiliations

¹ Master student, Department of Prosthodontics, Positivo University (UP), Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Electronic address: dramarianapozza@gmail.com.
² Professor, Department of Digital Implantology, GoBeyond Dental Courses (BDS), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
³ Dental Technician, Department of Prosthodontics, Ventura Lab (VL), Curitiba, Brazil.
⁴ Associate Professor, Department of Dental Surgery, Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta; Professor, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: arthuro@usp.br.

PMID: 36509573
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2022.10.019

Abstract

Several protocols have been used with computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacture (CAD-CAM) prostheses after image-guided implant surgery based on a prosthetically driven surgical plan. For delayed approaches, a CAD-CAM custom healing abutment can be manufactured before the surgery and installed immediately after implant placement. However, information on the use of emergence profile segmentation on which to base the digital design and on the use of low-cost 3-dimensional printers to produce custom healing abutments are lacking. The purpose of this article was to present a fully digital workflow to digitally design and 3-dimensionally print custom healing abutments with a biocompatible light-polymerizing resin based on the natural emergence profile of the tooth to be replaced.