Step by step restoration with implants, Duluth GA Dentist Dental Education Lecture

Fig.5: An abutment (A) is just cemented to the underlying implant (<) at the site of #4 (formerly the upper right second premolar).

#5 is a crown cemented to an implant/abutment, whereas # 6 is a crown cemented to a natural tooth called the upper right canine.

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 06/30/2013, last revision 07/01/2013