The patient returned for insertion of the abutments and
implant crowns. The provisional FPD was removed. The Encode
Abutments were seated and the abutment screws were torqued to
20Ncm (Figure 25). Abutment placement was verified with
radiographs prior to applying torque to the abutment screws
(Figure26).
Figure 25
Figure
26
The access openings were blocked out (Figure 27). The
crowns were tried in individually and together and the
occlusion was adjusted for both centric and eccentric
movements. The crowns were cemented per conventional
prosthodontic protocol and a final baseline radiograph was
taken (Figures 28-30).