Implant abutments- classification and selection

The ideal goal of modern dentistry is to restore the patient to normal form, function, comfort, esthetics, and health. Implant dentistry is unique because of its ability to achieve these ideal goals regardless of the atrophy, disease or injury of the stomatognathic system. After completing second stage surgery and removing the gingival former, in order to affix a final prosthesis to the implant, an abutment must be used as an intermediate device.Abutments can be obtained from the manufacturer in machined form or can be custom-cast by a laboratory using manufactured gold or plastic components or milled.