Loose CEREC Crown

I had a patient in the chair the other day with a loose crown. The crown was only a year and a half old and it was on an implant. This happened to be a Cerec crown that I made on this implant. I tried to remove the crown in the traditional manner which is with the use of a Crown remover. This, however, did not work, so I cut the crown split open and took it out. What I found was the abutment, or post as people might refer to it, had come loose, and all I needed to … Continue reading