Sameer Puri D.D.S. Here is a great tip from cerecdoctors.com Mentor, Dr. Darin O'Bryan:
“So here is a little trick I do for soft-tissue modeling when doing an implant on a model in 4.0.
When take your images, take them for upper, lower and buccal bite without your gingival mask. Then place the gingival mask and take a Biocopy image. They will overlay and you can proceed forward to design.
Here is the crown on the model:
And here is the case of the Biocopy of the gingival mask in place:
The tissue was just like it showed in the mouth.
Here are images of the crown on the model and in the mouth. As you can see, we had a little bit of the abutment showing, but #30 not big deal and it was a little close to the nerve to bury it any further. The patient was happy with the result.
So with the added catalog you can make a Biocopy tissue model when working on models in the lab. This helps to get the emergence profile correct without having to over-bulk, and then shape with hand pieces.
Thanks Darin – great tip here. I officially name this The O’Bryan Technique for Implants. :)
