Due to the functional and esthetic benefits of CAD/CAM-produced implant restorations, more clinicians are regularly prescribing digitally manufactured custom abutments and screw-retained crowns. The rise in popularity of both types of restorations represents a departure from stock abutments, which provide less control over the depth of the margins, contours, angulation and emergence profile of the final restoration.
The rate of growth for screw-retained crowns has outpaced that of custom abutments in recent years.
A growing number of clinicians are prescribing custom abutments and screw-retained crowns due to the superior final restorations enabled by patient-specific implant components. Though custom abutments remain the more popular choice, prescriptions for screw-retained crowns have exhibited significant, consistent growth in recent years. Whichever option is chosen, the transition away from stock abutments is improving the clinician’s ability to meet the esthetic desires of the patient.
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