Tristan Staas, Michiel Wouters: Custom esthetics powered by NobelProcera

Dr Staas and Michiel Wouters discuss the team approach between lab and clinician from an esthetic, biological, predictability and reliability perspective. They review material selection and restoration design aspects, such as CAD/CAM and Zirpress techniques, emergence profile, abutment and crown design. The lecturer team concludes that immediate implant placement requires custom prosthetic solutions, that dental technicians ideally have a good understanding of biological and implant tissue integration principles as well as of 3-D thinking, and that use of premium quality, original manufacturer components and abutments is critical for long-term treatment success.