Ideal implant results are about good surgical technique and good restorative methods but they
are dependent on good implant design. This presentation will focus on achieving
the ideal esthetic implant placement and restoration in the maxillary anterior using
different implant systems but emphasizing the exclusive advantages of the Ankylos
system. Optimizing esthetics using the Ankylos design means taking advantage of subcrestal positioning and more
importantly, of the stability of bone and soft tissue uniquely achievable using
this implant system. Not only can this implant be placed subcrestally, but the
depth of placement can be varied. This variability can be described as the “fourth dimension” in implant positioning and can allow the clinician the versatility to try-in stock abutments during surgery and to reposition the implant either deeper or shallower to maximize the use of these abutments.
The use of
provisionals are also vital to a successful esthetic outcome. The Ankylos
system and in particular the abutments, are very well suited to allow
fabrication of provisionals both at the time of surgery and during treatment to
facilitate papilla and soft tissue manipulation. Provisionization of a stock
abutment that was accurately placed due to surgical technique allows the
placement of “one abutment, one time.”
Provisionals will also be shown using other implants systems with
similar benefits.
