Definitive Presurgical CAD/CAM-Guided Implant-Supported Crown in an Esthetic Area

This paper describes the digital workflow from cone beam computer tomography (CBCT) to the installation of a definitive presurgical zirconium individual crown in a 19-year-old woman requiring implant replacement of a maxillary right lateral incisor. The patient had agenesis of this tooth and had completed the orthodontic treatment. CBCT was conducted and diagnostic casts were digitized. Virtual planning was completed by defining a prosthetically driven implant and a stereolithographic surgical template was produced. Good adaptation of a stereolithographic surgical template was verified in the working cast. Implant and abutment were installed in this cast using a stereolithographic surgical template, and a CAD/CAM definitive zirconium crown was produced. Flapless computer-guided implant surgery was performed. The abutment was connected, and a definitive zirconium crown was cemented using resin cement. The digital workflow presented herein shows high accuracy for a virtually planned implant with flapless guided placement, allowing the successful delivery of a definitive presurgical zirconium single crown in an esthetic area in a single visit. The patient was revaluated after 1 year of function with an excellent outcome of the treatment.

computer-guided implant dentistry; dental implants; image-guided surgery