1. This was actually used by the Mayans as an artificial tooth replacement.

2. He learned to fill a root canal and to attach an artificial tooth to the root.

3. When your gums and jawbone have healed , a crown ( artificial tooth ) is constructed , then screwed or cemented to the post .

4. The impression coping may thereafter be connected to a dental implant in the patient's jawbone (after removal of the healing abutment) so that an impression may be taken in the usual manner to be used in making a stone model of the surgery site, which in turn may be used in fashioning an artificial tooth.

5. The present invention relates to a dental implant abutment and to a method for manufacturing same, and more particularly, to a dental implant abutment which supports a porcelain prosthesis so as to define the outer appearance of an artificial tooth, and which his fixedly coupled to a fixture, and to a method for manufacturing same.