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Figure 15. Rubber Sep (George Taub Products & Fusion) is applied to the customized abutments to act as a spacer for the luting material and to prevent the resin provisional from locking to the custom abutment during fabrication. |
Figure 16. The provisional resin composite material (Radica [DENTSPLY Prosthetics]), in a dentin shade, is warmed and expressed over the custom abutments. |
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| Figure 17. The provisional resin, in an enamel shade, is warmed and expressed over the uncured dentin shade material. | Figure 18. The casts are articulated to create an impression of the opposing teeth in the warm resin. |
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Figure 19. A scalpel is used to demarcate the 2 units of the provisional. |
Figure 20. After the resin has reached room temperature, the provisional is removed from the abutments and the uncured resin is carved. |





