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Sunday, November 11, 2007
I have been fortunate enough to get some great feedback on the In The Operatory column from many dentists over the country. One dentist from the midwest region had emailed me how he likes to use the 3M Protemp as a temporary after immediate placement of an implant between natural dentition. Of course he mentioned that it is very essential to make sure the temporary is out of occlusion during the time it takes for the implant to fully osseointegrate and the fact that the implant was placed into D1 (very favorable) bone. His technique is to use a plastic temporary covering that fits over the stock implant abutment available from the implant company of choice and then adapt the Protemp crown to this plastic coping, remove the excess, and then cure it with the light. Once cured, the Protemp bonds to the plastic. Any excess is trimmed off and then the whole complex (plastic coping and protemp) cemented on the implant abutment with temporary cement. Not only is this procedure quick and easy, it is not messy. In other words, temporary material isn't getting into the sutures or surgical site due to the consistency of the Protemp material.