implants the journal of oral implantology United Kingdom Edition

18 I implants2_2012 Iuser report _ Impression techniques Fig4_Capturingthefinedetailsof theleftlowerjawusing Honigum-Light. Fig5_Bubble-free,homogeneous applicationofHonigum-Heavyinto therigidimpressiontray. Fig6_LoadingHonigum-Heavyinto theimpressiontrayusingaMixStar automaticmixingunit.. Fig7_Thepreciseanddetailed double-miximpressionusing Honigum-HeavyandH onigum-Light.. Fig8_Insertedzirconiaabutment. Fig9_Finalresultafteroneweek. months for transmucosal healing. The implant had successfully osseo- intregrated and was ready for the final impression to be taken. The healing abut- ment was removed (Fig 1). A regular size impression coping was connected and hand-tightened onto the implant fixture. From the labial view of the impression coping there are three concave areas on the surface of the impression coping (Fig 2) and they are the indexing features of this implant system. This is a common characteristic feature of impression cop- ings for any implant system. They need to be registered during the final impression. In order to capture these fine details low viscosity Honigum-Light was used (Fig 3). The impression material was syringed around the implant/soft tissue interface as well as the gingival margins of the neighbouring teeth (Fig 4). The tray material was Honigum-Heavy, a heavy-body impression material. This material achieves a very high end hard- Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig.7 Fig. 8 Fig. 9 Fig. 6