Welcome back to part two of this ‘Restoring the Single Implant Crown’ podcast series that's about to kick start your implant career. We've teamed up with the uber-knowledgeable Dr. Devang Patel, a dental wizard with over 13 years of spellbinding experience under his belt.

Leading on from the previous episode that focussed on case assessment to impression taking/digital scanning, we now cover the step by step protocol for fitting the implant crown, maintenance, and troubleshooting. 

Dr. Patel's got your back (or should we say teeth?) every step of the way! Check out his social media platforms for further information about his upcoming implant restoration course:

• @dr_devangpatel
• info@drdevangpatel.com
• www.drdevangpatel.com

Highlights of the episode:

00:00 Intro

01:12 Restoring Implant Crowns Infographic

02:03 Recap Part 1

03:45 Inspecting the labwork

05:52 Assessing the occlusion

06:22 Keeping the implant clean during the fit appointment

07:21 Anaesthetic Prior to Implant Crown Try-In?

08:20 Screwing in the crown

11:13 Occlusion and guidance

17:18 Temporarily restoring the access hole

18:33 Review

19:49 Definitive torque and sealing the access hole

25:46 Yearly review of Implant Crown

27:18 Radiographs

29:21 Excessive blanching when fitting crown

31:21 High occlusion management

32:06 Open contact points for implant crowns

34:43 Other implantologists’ work

38:29 Angulated screw channels

43:24 Loose implant crowns

45:52 Implant passports

46:57 Adjusting the occlusion

48:24 Dr. Devang Patel

51:13 Outro

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