The patient returned for insertion of the abutments and implant crowns. The provisional FPD was removed. The Encode Abutments were seated and the abutment screws were torqued to 20Ncm (Figure 25). Abutment placement was verified with radiographs prior to applying torque to the abutment screws (Figure26).
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The access openings were blocked out (Figure 27). The crowns were tried in individually and together and the occlusion was adjusted for both centric and eccentric movements. The crowns were cemented per conventional prosthodontic protocol and a final baseline radiograph was taken (Figures 28-30).
