[Esthetic IMZ implant for a central incisor]

Replacement of a missing incisor with an osseo-integrated implant, presents a difficult prosthetic problem for the practitioner because of the obliqueness of the implant and its diameter smaller than the tooth to be reconstructed. Therefore, a topographic and aesthetic pre-estimation is highly desirable. The patient whose treatment is described hereafter, presents large diastemas permitting to set the missing tooth in several locations. The various options are simulated on a study model and recorded by a silicone or resin index. This index is cut out so that the implant site is clearly defined and it presents a guide rod indicating the direction of the alveolar bone. The optimal site is selected during the surgical procedure with the most favorable index depending on the residual bone. After the implant is released, the location impression, is taken using asymmetric transfer allowing a strict positioning of the implant's replica and its thread. In order to prevent the making of a triangular-shaped crown, a false transfixed core removable is built over the intramobile component of the IMZ as well as pa periodontal ring. The latter is independent and maintained by the intramobile component. It compensates the difference in diameter between the implant and the natural tooth to be reconstructed. Its finely polished but asymmetric internal aspect prevents the rotation of the device. The volume of this device is controlled by a silicone index made on the preestimation model. Both pieces are cast in gold and assembled on the implant with a positioning indes. Parallel proximal grooves increase the friction of the core and a ceramo-metal crown is built in the conventional fashion. It is temporally cemented, and periodically removed and cleansed. The absence of gingical sulcus provides an aesthetic result similar to a bridge component.