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Cement-Retained PreFormance
®
Post
(continued)
9.
Remove the template from the PreFormance Posts. Remove
the provisional restoration from the template. Remove all excess
acrylic resin from around the margin areas and fill in any voids.
Finish the restoration to the desired contour
and polish.
OPTIONAL:
Relieve each abutment area for the intraoral
reline of the provisional restoration.
CT GUIDED SURGICAL IMPLANT PLACEMENT
10.
CLINICIAN
Place the implants using a Surgical Guide and following the
Surgical Guide instructions provided by the guide manufacturer.
See page 9 for an example of a Surgical Plan.
POST SURGICAL DELIVERY OF PROVISIONAL
RESTORATION
11.
Place each PreFormance Post into the implants, one by one,
following the tooth position numbers on the buccal aspect.
Press firmly until feeling and/or hearing the audible and tactile
click. Thread the titanium abutment screw into each implant
using the Large Hex Driver. Verify an accurate fit of each
abutment by visualizing the interfaces or by taking a radiograph.
Torque the abutment screws to 20Ncm using the Large
Hex Driver Tip and a torque device. Seal each screw access
opening with a temporary filling material. Try in the provisional
restoration over the PreFormance
®
Posts and verify it fits to the
margins properly. Adjust the occlusion as indicated and remove
the provisional restoration.
12.
If the provisional restoration did not fit passively, place acrylic
resin into each abutment area, seat the provisional restoration
onto the abutments and have the patient close into centric
occlusion. Allow the acrylic resin to set per the manufacturer’s
instructions. Remove the provisional restoration and fill in any
voids. It may be necessary to remove the PreFormance
®
Posts
and place those into the provisional restoration to fill marginal
voids. Remove any excess acrylic resin and polish. Place
temporary cement into the provisional restoration, seat it on
the abutments and have the patient close into centric occlusion.
Remove any excess cement from around the margin areas.
Allow the cement to set per the manufacturer’s instructions. If
a flap procedure was used during surgery, suture the soft-tissue
around the PreFormance Posts and the provisional restoration.