| 20090291415 | Device and Method for Gingival Attachment Associated with Endosseous Implants - A gingival attachment device associated with an endosseous implant, which comprises a cervically located component of a dental implant coated on a gingival facing surface thereof with a biocompatible and non-degradable polymeric scaffold, to which epithelial and connective tissue cells of the gingiva are attachable. The polymeric scaffold may be polyvinylpyrronidole mixed with butyl-methylmethacrylate, silk fibroin fibrous protein polymer mixed with chitosan or with derivatives of chitosan, and polyHEMA and may be coated on all gingival facing surfaces of the cervically located component. | 11-26-2009 |
