Questions and answers

Cervico questions, answered: kits, compatibility, the chairside workflow, ordering in the US, Canada and worldwide

Everything clinicians ask before and after buying, in one place. If your question is not here, the contact page reaches the VPI team directly.

Choosing a kit

Which kit fits my workflow?

Essential Kit: the Guide for diagnosis plus a mold that takes stock analogs from any implant manufacturer, with positioning and orientation judged by you. Premium Kit: adds VPI connection inserts that fix insertion depth and orientation, lets an assistant pre-fabricate, and duplicates the abutment as an impression post for conventional impressions. Essential Mold alone if you already own a Guide. The finder asks four questions and points you to one.

Does Cervico work with my implant system?

The abutment is shaped on your implant manufacturer’s own temporary abutment, so the connection stays theirs. Essential: any stock analog for your platform; write to us if you want your analog and temporary-abutment combination confirmed before ordering. Premium: a VPI insert matched to your brand, connection and platform, listed in the compatibility table.

What is included, and what else do I need for my first case?

Included: the Guide (tray, 12 anatomical tabs, 8 cylindrical tabs, handle, 4 positioning pins, 2 depth gauges) and the mold; the Premium Kit also includes the off-centred silicone insert. From your own stock: the temporary abutment for the implant you placed, a stock analog (Essential), a nano-hybrid flowable composite, your curing light, and polishing brushes, mops and paste (available in our shop). Premium Kit buyers: give us your implant brand, model and platform; we confirm with you which VPI insert you need, and whether it is part of your order, before shipping.

How do the Guide and the Mold work together?

The Guide is used in the mouth: its cylindrical tabs confirm the space and mark the osteotomy, its anatomical tabs pick the cervical profile, and each tab carries a code. The Mold has a well with the same code; the temporary abutment goes into that well, composite is added and cured, and the abutment comes out with the profile you chose. How Cervico works shows every step.

Can I upgrade from Essential to Premium later?

Yes. The Guide is the same in both kits; you add the Premium Mold and the inserts for your systems. Write to us with your order number.

How much does it cost per case?

A kit is a one-off purchase that is reused; per case you use part of a syringe of flowable composite and the temporary abutment. The pricing page has the current prices for your region and a calculator that turns them into a cost per implant case against lab-made or single-use alternatives; the assumptions in it are editable.

Implant compatibility

My system is not in the insert table. What now?

Use the Essential Mold with your stock analog, or write to us: inserts are added on request when the connection geometry is available.

Which temporary abutment do I use?

The temporary abutment from your implant manufacturer for the platform you placed, titanium or PEEK. The instructions for use cover how it sits in the mold.

Does it work with zirconia or ceramic implants?

Where the implant manufacturer offers a temporary abutment for the system, yes. See the zirconia implant case, made on the implant’s PEEK temporary.

At the chair

What should my team rehearse before the first case?

Read the instructions and one case together; check you have the temporary abutment, analog or insert, composite and polishing kit for the implant you will place; decide who fabricates and who polishes; and run the sequence once on an analog outside the mouth. The playbook is a good pre-read for the restorative side.

How long does a custom healing abutment take?

Fabrication is under five minutes with practice: fill, cure, unthread, polish. Add the profile selection with the Guide before, and delivery after. The first ones take longer.

Which composite should I use?

A nano-hybrid flowable composite, cured to its manufacturer’s instructions and highly polished on the tissue side. Brands available in your market vary; ask your composite representative for a flowable suitable for provisionals. Why composite explains the material choice.

Can my assistant make the abutments?

With the Premium Mold, yes: the insert fixes insertion depth and the orientation of the connection, so an abutment made in advance seats at the depth and orientation that were planned.

Can I use it at immediate placement?

Yes. A socket-shaped abutment made at the surgical appointment seals the socket over the graft and shapes the tissue from day one; see the sealing socket abutment.

How do I sterilise the Guide and the Mold?

Both are autoclavable; the metal parts and the silicone insert follow the cycle in the instructions for use. The silicone insert is a wear part and can be replaced.

How does the lab receive the emergence profile?

Make the duplicate impression post in the same well as the healing abutment; it carries the tissue contour into the impression or the scan. With the Premium Mold the duplicate is 1:1. See emergence profile.

Is there training?

The how it works page, the instructions, the cases and the free playbook cover the workflow. Hands-on courses run with our clinical partners in several countries; write to us for dates in yours.

Ordering in the United States and Canada

What is Cervico’s registration status in the US and Canada?

Cervico is registered and listed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and registered with Health Canada. FDA registration and listing is not the same as FDA approval or clearance. Cervico is manufactured by VPI in the European Union.

What currency do I pay in?

US and Canadian orders are charged in US dollars by card through Stripe. The shop uses euros in the euro zone.

How is it shipped?

By FedEx International Priority from the European Union, with tracking emailed when the parcel leaves. Contact us before ordering if timing matters for a scheduled case.

Will I pay import duties?

Any import duties and taxes follow your country’s rules and, where they apply, are collected by the carrier on delivery unless the checkout states otherwise. Write to us before ordering if you need a quotation that includes them.

Is there a US distributor?

Cervico is sold directly to US and Canadian clinicians through this site. Call +1 (888) 203-3246 or use the contact page for a pro-forma invoice, training or distribution enquiries.

Ordering everywhere else

Do you ship to my country?

Worldwide from the EU. If your country is not offered at checkout, write to us. See where to buy for currency, VAT and returns.

Can I return a kit?

Unused, unopened kits under the refund and returns policy. Opened silicone inserts and consumables cannot be returned for hygiene reasons.

The evidence

Is there published evidence?

Cervico documentation includes Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry 2020, British Dental Journal 2022 and Dounis et al. 2025, plus seven documented cases on this site. The technique of chairside custom healing abutments is also taught in a free continuing-education course and described in the sealing-socket-abutment literature; see custom healing abutments.

Is composite safe against the soft tissue?

Polished composite healing abutments and provisionals have been used and documented for years. The tissue-contact surface must be highly polished and free of unpolymerised resin.

Still deciding? Start with a case, or let the finder pick your kit.

Read the cases
Get the playbook
Find your Cervico