In-Office Custom Abutments and Long-Term Provisionals

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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.

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.

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.