Re: Custom Abutments?

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:41:39 -0500, Steven Bornfeld
<dentaltwinmung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Ideally the need for custom abutments is predictable, but often since
we only see x-rays of the implant fixtures in 2 dimensions it is
sometimes not apparent until you start the prosthetics.
When you say "until you start the prosthetics", I'm not sure exactly
what that means.

They took an "impression" of my mouth with pegs sticking out of the
implants before making my crowns.

Wouldn't they have known when ordering the crowns to be made that
custom abutments were going to be needed?

Wouldn't they have known before actually ordering the crowns?

At what time would they have known? Would there not have been time for
them to tell me about the charge for these before the work was done?

The more I think about this, the more I think this is like taking your
car in for a $2500 transmission job, you signed the estimate, and then
you come back later that day and get a $5000 bill, even though you
were never told about the extra $2500 in repairs...
.