Provisional Components Advantages


Ease of Use and Versatility

  • Components can be immediately customized to a patient’s anatomical profile
  • Components are made of polymer material for easy preparation

Prosthetic Flexibility  

  • Available for implant and abutment-level provisional restorations
  • Available in internal and external hex connections
ZimVie Provisional Components for Certain® and  External Hex Implants

Versatile Solutions for Patients Who Demand More Choices and Faster Results

Provisional Components Options


PreFormance Post

  • For use with cement-retained restorations
  • Available in straight or 15° pre-angled for easy angle correction
  • Smooth surface for easy provisional reline
  • Flat side for anti-rotation

Temporary Cylinders

  • Indicated for screw-retained restorations
  • Knurled surface for mechanical retention of resin restorative material
  • Available in hexed and non-hexed for single or multiple-unit restorations

QuickBridge® Titanium Cylinder and Peek Cap

  • Provide a simple solution for the fabrication of multiple-unit, provisional restorations on definitive Low Profile Abutments
  • All components are compatible with straight and angled Low Profile Abutments
  • Ability to provisionalize chairside

PreFormance Provisional Case Study 


By: Dr. Harold Baumgarten†, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

If you seek aesthetic implant level provisional restorations, PreFormance Provisional Components may be customized chairside or at the laboratory for specific contours and anatomic profiles.

Fig. 1. NanoTite® Certain Implant in place. The bone was profiled around  the interface.

Fig. 1. NanoTite® Certain Implant in place. The bone was profiled around  the interface.

Fig. 2. A PreFormance Post was seated into the implant.

Fig. 2. A PreFormance Post was seated into the implant. 

Fig. 3. The PreFormance Post was prepared intraorally to follow the gingival contours.

Fig. 3. The PreFormance Post was prepared intraorally to follow the gingival contours. 

Fig. 4. The prefabricated crown shell was luted to the PreFormance Post.

Fig. 4. The prefabricated crown shell was luted to the PreFormance Post.

Fig. 5. The provisional restoration was  fabricated, occlusal and interproximal contacts were checked, adjusted  accordingly, and delivered to the patient.

Fig. 5. The provisional restoration was  fabricated, occlusal and interproximal contacts were checked, adjusted accordingly, and delivered to the patient. 

Fig. 6. A periapical radiograph was taken of the provisional restoration.

Fig. 6. A periapical radiograph was taken of the provisional restoration.

† These clinicians have a financial relationship with ZimVie Dental resulting from speaking engagements, consulting engagements, and other retained services.

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