Full-Digital Workflow in Single-Tooth Implant Rehabilitation

"For all patients included in the study, a digital impression was taken using an intraoral scanner. A CBCT exam was performed on the mandibular or maxillary jaw with the missing tooth. The stl. and the dicom. files were then superimposed to allow the surgical planning.~Then it was elevated and reflected to increase the volume on the buccal side and exposed the bone surface. After this point, the implant was inserted, and another digital impression was taken.~Sutures 6.0 were positioned after healing abutment positioning to stabilize the soft tissues.~The final abutment and the provisional were designed and manufactured using cad-cam technology. One week thereafter, definitive abutment was positioned. Provisional restoration was then cemented using provisional cement removing all the possible occlusal contacts both in protrusive and in lateral positions. Three months thereafter, once osteointegration was obtained, definitive zirconia restoration was positioned and cemented."