How to Place Neighboring Implants Parallel to Each
Other (Part I)?
Mr. Tsang has a loose bridge (Fig.1: #13-15). The affected tooth (#15)
was extracted two months ago. Immediate implant was placed (Fig.2: 4.5x17
mm tapered drill; Fig.3: 7x17 mm implant). It appears that the implant at
the site of #15 must be somewhat parallel to the tooth #13, according to the
trajectory of the drill in Fig.2.
Today an implant was placed at the site of #14. The
trajectory turned out to be not
great. How can we place it parallel to #13 and #15?
Doctor Wei
If you
save the bridge after you cut it off, later you use the bridge as a surgical
guide. I think the bridge will be a excellent guide for you. Is it right? Jenny
You are talking
about the crown over the tooth #13 after the bridge is cut
off, which is called formally retainer (crown). The tooth
is called abutment, which has double meaning (2nd
definition). When the tooth has been prepared for crown or
bridge, the axis of it may not the same as that of the root
(Fig.1,2). In fact, we took #13 crown as a guide in
surgery. It fooled us. Click
here and keep clicking somewhere over several pages.
You will find the answer. Thanks for the try.
Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 09/30/2013, last revision
10/02/2013
