79 results about "Healing abutment" patented technology

A method of manufacturing a rapid prototype overmold for locating a dental implant analog in a modified stone model for use in creating a tooth prosthesis is provided. An impression of a mouth having a first installation site that has a dental implant and a gingival healing abutment with at least one informational marker installed is taken. A stone model based on the impression is prepared. The model is scanned. A three-dimensional computer model of the installation site on a CAD program using data from the scan is created. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information about the location of the dental implant. Abutment dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image and the at least one informational marker is developed. Overmold rapid prototype dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image is developed. The overmold rapid prototype adapted to fit over the modified stone model is fabricated.

In a dental implantation, after exposure of the alveolar crest and drilling a pilot hole into the crest, a novel mill having an axial guide pin which extends into the pilot hole is used to form clearance for a cover screw or temporary healing abutment. The pilot hole is then enlarged to form clearance for the implant and the screw or abutment is attached.

A method of manufacturing a rapid prototype overmold for locating a dental implant analog in a modified stone model for use in creating a tooth prosthesis is provided. An impression of a mouth having a first installation site that has a dental implant and a gingival healing abutment with at least one informational marker installed is taken. A stone model based on the impression is prepared. The model is scanned. A three-dimensional computer model of the installation site on a CAD program using data from the scan is created. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information about the location of the dental implant. Abutment dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image and the at least one informational marker is developed. Overmold rapid prototype dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image is developed. The overmold rapid prototype adapted to fit over the modified stone model is fabricated.

A method for making a rapid prototype of a patient's mouth to be used in the design and fabrication of a dental prosthesis. The method takes an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker attached to the dental implant. A stone model is prepared based on the impression, including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker. The model is scanned. Scan data is generated from the scanning. The scan data is transferred to a CAD program. A three-dimensional model of the installation site is created in the CAD program. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information for manufacturing the rapid prototype. Rapid prototype dimensional information is developed. The rapid prototype dimensional information is transferred to a rapid prototyping machine which fabricate a rapid prototype of the patient's dentition as well as a dental implant analog position.

The present invention provides a healing abutment for attachment to a dental implant with marking locations thereon. The marking locations either lack or have markers that provide a binary code system for retrieving unique information about the healing abutment and the underlying implant.

A method for making a rapid prototype of a patient's mouth to be used in the design and fabrication of a dental prosthesis. The method takes an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker attached to the dental implant. A stone model is prepared based on the impression, including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker. The model is scanned. Scan data is generated from the scanning. The scan data is transferred to a CAD program. A three-dimensional model of the installation site is created in the CAD program. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information for manufacturing the rapid prototype. Rapid prototype dimensional information is developed. The rapid prototype dimensional information is transferred to a rapid prototyping machine which fabricate a rapid prototype of the patient's dentition as well as a dental implant analog position.

The present invention provides a healing abutment for attachment to a dental implant with marking locations thereon. The marking locations either lack or have markers that provide a binary code system for retrieving unique information about the healing abutment and the underlying implant.

A method of virtually designing a customized healing abutment and a drill guide for a patient, where the method includes: obtaining a CT scan including at least part of the patient's jaw bone; virtually placing at least one implant relative to the jaw bone of the CT scan, such that a planned implant placement is defined; virtually designing: a drill guide for guiding the surgical drilling of a bore for the implant into the patient's jaw bone at the planned implant placement; and a customized healing abutment configured for shaping the soft tissue according to a target profile when arranged in the implant; where the design of the drill guide and of the customized healing abutment is at least partly based on the CT scan and on the planned implant placement.

A dental implant system comprising an implant member, an abutment member and a transfer key with cooperatively engaging structures for ensuring proper alignment and orientation of an abutment assembled on the implant member and for preparing an accurate dental impression and mold which represents the implantation site and its relationship to adjacent teeth structures. The abutment has the advantage of being easily removed for maintenance, repair or replacement with minimal or no discomfort to the patient. The invention also includes a dental implant with an improved bone-engaging structure for enhancing implant stability and fixation, an O-ring type abutment assembly with a reduced footprint in its assembled state when compared with similar conventional systems, a surgical screw and bone screw insertion tool, a healing abutment that need not be removed during an impression taking procedure, and an implant coding system that facilitates selection and identification of dental implants and implant analogs whose dimensional attributes will produce an accurate fit between the dental prosthesis and the dental implant. Further, dental reconstruction and abutment installation methods utilizing the dental implant system and instruments of the invention are disclosed.

The present invention uses an anatomically shaped bone graft contouring abutment in place of a conventional healing abutment to control the bone graft for optimal height. The extraction site aesthetics, in the form of enhanced gingival growth, are facilitated by the optimal bone graft placement.

The invention discloses an implant denture individual abutment design method based on a healing abutment dental model, and belongs to the field of computer auxiliary design. The method comprises the following four steps: acquiring and preprocessing data; establishing an implant system model base; positioning a healing abutment and an implant body; and designing an individual abutment. The implant denture individual abutment design method is high in automation, not only ensures that the operation steps of manufacturing a wax pattern or casting a model, and transferring the implant body on clinic and the like can be omitted, but also can be used for improving the shape of gingival margin of the restored implant denture, greatly reducing the operation time and cost of a doctor and a skilled work, and improving the restoration efficiency and beautiful appearance; the implant denture individual abutment design method based on the healing abutment dental model has important application value in a computer auxiliary dental implant field.

The present invention uses an anatomically shaped bone graft contouring abutment in place of a conventional healing abutment to control the bone graft for optimal height. The extraction site aesthetics, in the form of enhanced gingival growth, are facilitated by the optimal bone graft placement.

An implant delivery system includes a carrier that is attached to an implant. The carrier includes a main body having a lower portion to be attached to the implant and an upper portion. The upper portion includes an internally threaded section having a polygonal internal cross-section. The polygonal cross-section engages a tool that applies torque to install the implant into bone. The threaded section receives a threaded portion of a secondary component to be coupled to the carrier after the implant has been installed. One secondary component is a gingival healing component. Thus, the combination of the carrier and the gingival healing component acts as a healing abutment after the carrier has been used to install the implant.

An implant delivery system includes a carrier that is attached to an implant. The carrier includes a main body having a lower portion to be attached to the implant and an upper portion. The upper portion includes an internally threaded section having a polygonal internal cross-section. The polygonal cross-section engages a tool that applies torque to install the implant into bone. The threaded section receives a threaded portion of a secondary component to be coupled to the carrier after the implant has been installed. One secondary component is a gingival healing component. Thus, the combination of the carrier and the gingival healing component acts as a healing abutment after the carrier has been used to install the implant.

The invention provides a digital processing system of personalized components in dental implantation and a processing method of the personalized components in dental implantation, belongs to the biomedical engineering field, and specificly relates to a personalized CAD / CAM (computer-aided design / computer-aided manufacturing) digital processing system of a dental implant, a carrier, a cover screw, a healing abutment, a restoration abutment and supporting tools. The system is characterized by comprising an oral environment data acquiring module, an implant component form design module, a digital clinical processing module and a surgical template manufacturing module. According to the digital processing system provided by the invention, the implant can be customized according to partial jaw condition of a patient so that the form of the implant can furthest meet clinical needs, compatibility of the implant to the patient as well as the success rate of the implant restoration can be improved, Meanwhile, the personalized digital processing system performs one-to-one design and processing, so that denture-implanting restoration hospitals do not need to store various implant systems and realize zero inventory, and the expenses and the waste of the product are reduced. The personalized components digital processing system provided by the invention is benefitial for popularizing and promoting denture implantation technology.

A custom healing abutment and a method of manufacturing the same. The custom healing abutment can include a head with a customizable geometry configured to engage the surrounding gingival tissue to form an anatomically desirable emergence profile in the gingival tissue during healing. The method of manufacturing the custom healing abutment may include either additive or subtractive fabrication of the custom healing abutment directly or a casting pattern from which the custom healing abutment may be cast.

The invention relates to a manufacturing method for an individual gingival aesthetic forming healing abutment. The method comprises the following steps: 1) preparing upper and lower jaw models of a patient before operation, shooting CBCT and acquiring Dicom data of upper and lower jaws; 2) scanning the upper and lower jaw models, fitting an acquired STL document with CBCT in a Dicom format and then importing into the implanting guide plate design software; 3) designing an implant three-dimensional position and guide plate and 3D printing the jaw model and guide plate; 4) treating the surface of an end product temporary abutment of a tooth implantation system, in vitro simulating implantation, placing the end product temporary abutment, using an optical scanner for scanning the implant three-dimensional position and importing into the abutment design software; and 5) adopting a CAD / CAM cutting abutment, in vitro splicing, manufacturing a condensate locator and utilizing adjacent teeth to confirm the position of the abutment in the oral cavity. Compared with the prior art, the manufacturing method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the individual gingival aesthetic forming healing abutment is placed in the same period of implant surgery, the secondary cutting of the wound in the conventional implanting two-stage operation can be avoided, the stimulation to the soft tissues can be reduced, and the like.

A multi functional implanting suite for an implant utilized in tooth reconstruction, artificial tooth implanting or dental restoration is disclosed. The implanting suite comprises a cap and a fastening member, in which it may be equipped with multi functions including healing abutment, scan jig, mold taking suite, temporary crown or UCLA abutment, so that the dental clinics may merely purchase one dental tool and then solve may tooth reconstruction, artificial tooth implanting or dental restoration situations.

The present invention relates to an abutment capable of accommodating core crowns manufactured at various angles and functioning as a healing abutment having a cap attached thereto, to a method for manufacturing dental implant prostheses using the abutment, and to a method for implant surgery using the abutment wherein the abutment consists of an artificial tooth crown (core crown) for an abutment formed in an upper portion of a fixture and is directly bonded using cement rather than using a healing abutment, and grooves are further formed in the upper portion of the abutment and the lower portion of the crown so as to widen the contact area between the abutment and the crown, and the abutment has a protrusion at a side surface thereof.

An implant delivery system includes a carrier that is attached to an implant. The carrier includes a main body having a lower portion to be attached to the implant and an upper portion. The upper portion includes an internally threaded section having a polygonal internal cross-section. The polygonal cross-section engages a tool that applies torque to install the implant into bone. The threaded section receives a threaded portion of a secondary component to be coupled to the carrier after the implant has been installed. One secondary component is a gingival healing component. Thus, the combination of the carrier and the gingival healing component acts as a healing abutment after the carrier has been used to install the implant.

Systems and methods of controlling an abutment when inserting or removing the abutment are disclosed. An improved dental abutment is presented that includes a tunnel whereby dental floss may be laced through to serve as a tether for retrieval of the abutment during attachment to or removal from a dental implant.

A healing abutment includes a main body portion and a coupling portion. The main body portion has an inclined section that is inclined such that at least a part of a gum contact portion that contacts a gum when coupled to a fixture that is implanted into an alveolar bone has an outer diameter that decreases from a lower end toward an upper end. The coupling portion is coupled to the main body portion to detachably couple the main body portion to the fixture.

The invention relates to a dental implant, in particular to a dental implant implantation method which comprises the following steps of S1, rubbing an oral cavity model of a patient; S2, preparing a hole in an alveolar bone, and implanting an artificial implant; S3, waiting for synostosis; S4, installing a healing abutment to enable the implant to penetrates through a gingiva, and waiting for formation of soft tissues; S5, preparing a locator according to the oral cavity model of the patient; S6, after formation of the soft tissues, dismantling the healing abutment, putting the locator and a permanent abutment at the implantation part of the patient after the locator and a permanent abutment are matched to enable the locator to be matched with teeth and the gingivae on the two sides of theimplantation part, and installing an abutment fixing bolt from an installation hole to fix the permanent abutment on the implant; and S7, wearing a dental crown on the permanent abutment. By adoptingthe dental implant implantation method provided by the invention, the locator is adopted to assist location when the permanent abutment is installed, and the effect of accurately locating and installing the position of the permanent abutment is achieved.

A button for an implant healing abutment includes a button body coupled to an implant healing abutment; and a pressing part projecting sideward from the button body, wherein the pressing part covers, fixes and heals an incised gingival flap including attached gingiva. An implant healing abutment having a pressing part includes an implant healing abutment joined to an implant fixture; and a pressing part projecting sideward from the implant healing abutment, wherein the pressing part covers, fixes and heals an incised gingival flap including attached gingiva.

The invention relates to the dental restoration field, especially to an electromagnetic stimulation dental implantation device, which includes an implant and a healing abutment movably connected to the implant. The healing abutment is an annular hollow shell, the healing abutment cavity is internally provided with an electromagnetic generator, which can generate an electromagnetic field stimulating the growth and healing of bone tissue around the implant under a power-up state. The electromagnetic generator in the healing abutment provided by the invention can generate a low frequency electromagnetic field under a power-up state, can effectively promote increment, differentiation and calcium salt absorption of damaged bone tissue osteoblasts around the implant, thus speeding up the growth and healing of the injured bone tissue, shortening the healing period, and alleviating the pain of patients.

A dental implant system has an implant member, an abutment member and a transfer key with cooperatively engaging structures for aligning and orienting an abutment assembled on the implant member and for preparing a dental impression and mold which represents the implantation site and its relationship to adjacent teeth structures. The dental implant system includes an O-ring type abutment assembly with a reduced footprint, a surgical screw and bone screw insertion tool, a healing abutment that need not be removed during an impression taking procedure, and an implant coding system for selecting and identifying dental implants and implant analogs.