Nobel Biocare™ Zirconia Abutment and Procera® Crown Offer Esthetic Restoration of Tooth #9

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Technical


Restorative challenge: A 47-year-old female lost tooth #9 due to trauma from a car accident and had a Nobel Biocare 4.3 Replace™ Select implant placed. She had thin gingival tissue, and esthetics was a concern in the anterior zone. The patient and dental team wanted the best esthetic result possible.



Treatment Plan: Using the Procera system, the team planned to design a custom zirconia abutment that would be processed and milled by Nobel Biocare. The abutment would then be scanned for a Procera alumina coping that would be layered with porcelain for the best esthetic results.


These Procera custom abutments are similarly priced to stock abutments and Procera offers a three-day turnaround from waxup to finished product. An advantage of using the Procera system is that it would allow the technician to create a custom alumina ceramic coping to fit the manufactured zirconia abutment.


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