An innovative treatment concept is based on a non-traumatic and effective shaping of the periimplant soft tissue – including an anatomical shaping from the first second. Too many assembling and removing of abutments can contribute to aesthetic complications by vertical tissue loss. Therefore, the “one abutment, one time” and the “one crown, one time” concepts are preferred. Additionally, the platform switched and sealed implant-abutment connections prevent crestal bone loss and an apical shift of the facial gingival margin.

The lecture demonstrates a workflow for Maxillo-Facial Surgeons, Periodontists, Prosthodontists and dental technicians to achieve a predictable midfacial soft tissue level by effective and non traumatic protocols. Preliminary results of a prospective clinical trial are promising.

About Dr. Weigl

Dr. Paul Weigl graduated from the University of Munich Dental School in 1989. Since 1992 he has worked as an assistant professor and director of preclinical studies for the Department of Prosthodontics of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main.

Dr. Weigl focuses on the field of implant prosthetics. He is also a senior specialist at the Department of Oral Surgery and Implant Dentistry, University of Frankfurt. Additionally, he runs an R&D project to develop a fully automatic working CAD/ CAM process to manufacture complete crowns and bridges and to develop a new fs-laser based device for diagnosis and minimally invasive therapy of caries.