Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this course the audience will understand the:

• Fabrication of both chairside and laboratory produced provisional restorations for both natural teeth and implants.
• Cementation of the provisional restoration onto an implant abutment and a natural tooth.
• Use of appropriate screw retained and cemented provisional restorations prior to the completion of the definitive restoration.

Scientific evidence:
Rao W, Benzi R:Single mandibular first molar implants with flapless guided surgery and immediate function: preliminary clinical and radiographic results of a prospective study. J Prosthet Dent 2007; 97: S3-S14

Malo P, de Araujo Nobre M, Armando LThe use of computer-guided flapless implant surgery and four implants placed in Immediate Function to support a fixed denture: preliminary results after a mean follow-up period of thirteen months.J Prosthet Dent 2007; 97: S26-34