VOLUME 86 NUMBER 3 The options of screw-retained or cemented restorations are available for ITI implants.1,2 After abutment preparation, the clinician may need to remove the abutments to replace them or transfer them to the impression with a Straumann torque device or hemostat. It is often difficult to remove the abutments because modifications introduced during preparation change their original contours. To accommodate removal, the clinician can use a hollow metal tube with an internal diameter of 4 to 4.5 mm and roughness (grooves) on the internal surface of the tube for later resin retention (Fig. 1). A piece of rigid plastic tube (for example, a portion of a ballpoint pen tube) also can be used for this purpose (Figs. 2 and 3). The tube can be filled with autopolymerizing acrylic resin (PMMA) and then placed onto the prepared abutment until the resin is cured. The tube must be held parallel to the long axis of the implant, not the abutment. The clinician must take care not to engage the undercut below the shoulder of the implant with the acrylic resin (Fig. 4). One disadvantage of this technique is that a new screwdriver must be made for each abutment.