Fig.2 First, place a temporary crown over the implant (black outline), second, place braces on the 2nd molar, the temporary crown and the tooth in the front of the missing teeth (pink boxes), third, slide a thick wire through these three braces (straight blue line) and last, place a spring between braces of the 2nd molar and temporary crown (curved green line).  Return to main article

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 10/04/2012, last revision 10/05/2012