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20080233537 | Healing components for use in taking impressions and methods for making the same - 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. | 09-25-2008 |
20080241789 | One-Part Or Two-Part Dental Implant System - The invention concerns a dental implant comprising an intraosseal anchor portion anchorable in the jawbone with an external face for anchoring in the jawbone and a tooth abutment portion fastenable to the intraosseal anchor portion, to which a crown can be attached. Such dental implants suffer from the disadvantage that they do not provide an optimum treatment result in terms of the position of the transitions between the individual implant portions. The invention remedies that disadvantage insofar as the intraosseal anchor portion is in the form of an intratissue anchor portion and the intratissue anchor portion and optionally the tooth abutment portion is to be adapted to the individual gingival configuration by preparation by the dentist. | 10-02-2008 |
20080261175 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant is provided for supporting a dental prosthesis. The implant can comprise a body having an outer surface, a distal end, and a proximal end. The dental implant can include at least one thread located on at least a portion of the outer surface of the body. The thread can include a proximal flank and a distal flank. The thread can also include a face that extends between the proximal flank and the distal flank. Further, the dental implant can include a first helical groove formed on the face and/or a second helical groove formed on the body. | 10-23-2008 |
20080293012 | Splint Abutment Over Osseointegrated Implant and Compensatory Slated Coping - The present invention concerns a splint abutment for prosthesis rehabilitation made of various types of materials, attached to an osseointegrated implant. This splint abutment for implant-supported prosthesis makes it possible to place two prosthetic crowns over a single implant, thus providing better biomechanics, marginal sealing, occlusal stability, aesthetics and oral hygiene maintenance of the dental prosthesis. The biomechanical possibilities of the invention offer greater occlusion stability, since the shape and contour of the splint abutment partially distribute and absorb the mastication forces in a more balanced way to the axial forces. The invention is also concerns the inclination slant, made of the same material of the non-restrictive abutment, to be fit between the implant and the splint abutment, that provides a slant, in order to adjust the position of the “abutment” according to the correction needs of the rotational and multidirectional angulations of the implants. This invention provides superior resistance of the splint by means of the splint abutment, lasting aesthetics and a reduction in clinical time, assuring greater predictability of the results. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293013 | Try-in implant with snap fit assembly - A try-in implant for verifying the position and angulation of a pilot hole. The try-in implant comprises a body portion to be received in the pilot hole, a neck portion formed above the body portion, and an attachment portion formed above the neck portion. The attachment portion comprises a crown-like cap, which is mounted on the attachment portion by a snap fit assembly. | 11-27-2008 |
20080305456 | Dental implant stabilizing device - A stabilizing device for holding a dental implant in place essentially during the period between a dental implantation surgery and the osseointegration of the implant after the surgery. The device includes an implant, a plate member and a fastener for securing the plate member to the implant after the plate member is placed over the mouth side of the maxillary bone. | 12-11-2008 |
20080311544 | Free Angled Implant Driver and Free Angled Hole Implant Abutment - In case of straight driver ( | 12-18-2008 |
20090029313 | Simplified implant cap for tooth implant - An implant cap that may fit with a post includes an opened face contacting a tooth socket and having an opening, a closed face opposite to the opened face, and a penetrating portion communicating with the opening and having a diameter corresponding to that of the post. The cap serves as a hemostasis cap for the wound to prevent it from bleeding after the surgery so that a pretty gum profile can be formed and a provisional tooth crown can be guided and formed to facilitate the inserting of the artificial tooth. Also, the cap serves as the expanding cap for the soft tissue of gum to avoid the anesthetization surgery before the artificial tooth is placed. If the patient has to wear the provisional artificial tooth, the implant cap can be formed to protect the post and keep the cleanness therearound when the artificial tooth is being manufactured. | 01-29-2009 |
20090029314 | Apparatus and method for vertical positioning of dental implants - A positioning device is used to place an implant in the proper vertical position within the soft tissue and bone, provide space for subsequent procedures, and create a proper emergence profile for the final restoration. The lower portion of the positioning device has substantially the same outer shape as that of the implant but without external screw threads or other mechanical features for anchoring the implant in the jawbone. After the hole is countersunk, the depth of the hole in the jawbone is increased incrementally and checked with the positioning device for collar engagement and location of the margin within the gum tissue and bone. After the proper vertical position is attained, a special countersink bur may be used to create needed space around the implant margin and provide a proper crown emergence profile. | 01-29-2009 |
20090029315 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DENTAL IMPLANT AND DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant capable of reliably preventing elution of metal when the dental implant is applied within an oral cavity and capable of reliably preventing occurrence of mismatching (bumpy occlusion or the like) when the dental implant is fixed in place, and a method for manufacturing the dental implant are provided. In the method for manufacturing a dental implant including an abutment, the abutment is manufactured through the steps including a titanium molded body production step for molding a titanium molded body composition to obtain a titanium molded body, an assembling step for assembling the titanium molded body and a ceramic member together to obtain an assembled body, a degreasing step for degreasing the assembled body so that the titanium molded body is transformed into a titanium degreased body, and a sintering step for sintering the assembled body to transform the titanium degreased body into a titanium member so that the titanium member is firmly fixed to the ceramic member. | 01-29-2009 |
20090029316 | Magnetically implantable prosthetic device and method to shorten healing time, enhance bone fusion, and retard bacterial growth - Disclosed is a prosthetic implant comprising an implantable magnetic base structure that supports or couples with a prosthetic suprastructure for implantation in a mammal to fulfill a prosthetic need. The implantable base more quickly fuses with surrounding tissue or bone with the aid of a magnetic field. The suprastructure abuts and is supported by the implantable base, and each comprises a biocompatible magnetic material to establish a magnetic field in the region of the tissue surrounding the implantable base. An anchoring arrangement may be employed to fasten the suprastructure to the base. Together, the magnetic base, suprastructure, and/or anchoring arrangement are positioned relative to each other to concentrate a magnetic field in the region of the implant in order to facilitate fusion of the base structure with surrounding bone or tissue. Advantageously, the magnetic field shortens the healing time and retards bacterial growth whereby to quickly fuse the base structure with the surrounding bone or tissue. | 01-29-2009 |
20090047628 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING THE POSITION OF AN ANGLED ABUTMENT FROM A MODEL TO AN IMPLANT - A device, a method, and a kit of components for transferring the position of an angled abutment from a model to an implant installed in the jawbone of a patient. The device comprises an attachment member operative to temporarily attach the device to a first implant installed in the jaw bone of a patient; an abutment holder operative to temporarily hold the angled abutment; and a connecting member fixable to the attachment member and the abutment holder and being operative to connect the abutment holder to the attachment member in a fixed spatial relationship. The angled abutment is alignable to a predetermined position relative a second implant installed in the jaw bone of the patient when the attachment member is temporarily attached to the first implant, the abutment holder holds the angled abutment, and the connecting member is fixed to the attachment member and the abutment holder. | 02-19-2009 |
20090047629 | Method for manufacturing the one body abutment of implant - A method of manufacturing an abutment of an artificial tooth, which includes an implant fixture installed in a jaw bone and a crown defining a contour thereof. The abutment is fixed to the implant fixture to connect the implant fixture to the crown. A three-dimensional image of an oral cavity of a patient is generated on a computer by 3D scanning of a dental plate of plaster. A virtual tooth is designed using the image of the oral cavity, in consideration of a row of teeth in a region from which a tooth is missing, the height of adjacent teeth and alignment with an upper or lower tooth. The shape of the abutment is designed according to the shape of the designed virtual tooth. Data on the designed abutment is transmitted to a precision machine. The designed abutment is cut using the precision machine to have a one body structure. | 02-19-2009 |
20090061385 | Monolithic Dental Implant With Natural Load Response - A monolithic dental implant is provided made from a material or materials having a elasticity moduli less than approximately 4 Msi. The materials can be either a polymer or a composite material having a polymer matrix and a fiber- or particulate-reinforced second phase. When subject to occlusive forces, the monolithic dental implant provides improved lateral transmission of the forces, resulting in a reduction in bone resorption. Additionally, because the dental implant is monolithic, it is not subject to the problems associated with bacteria collection and abrasive wear common to multi-component dental implants. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061386 | IMPLANTER - An implanter is provided, which enables rebuilding of an interdental papilla with a simple method. An implanter | 03-05-2009 |
20090061387 | MULTIPLE ROOT IMPLANT - A dental implant has a body and a plurality of distinct roots that extend outwardly from the main portion that generally define a coronal-apical axis. A porous tantalum metal portion is disposed at the body for engaging bone and the plurality of distinct roots are configured to resist a torsional force that is applied to the dental implant and around the coronal-apical axis. | 03-05-2009 |
20090075235 | Fixed, Implant-Supported, Full Arch Dental Prosthetics and Methods of Seating Thereof - A fixed, implant-supported, full arch dental prosthetic having a dental prosthetic body, a rigid fence and a gingival veneer. The dental prosthetic body is prefabricated from a cured dental resin, and the rigid fence and the gingival veneer are respectively constructed from a curable dental resin. The dental prosthetic body, which can be included in a dental kit, may be prefabricated in various shapes and sizes and with various tooth forms. The dental kit also contains a supply of at least one curable dental resin, such as for constructing the rigid fence and/or the gingival veneer of the dental prosthetic and/or for affixing the dental prosthetic to an array of dental implants embedded in a patient's mouth. | 03-19-2009 |
20090081612 | IMPLANT - An implant ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090081613 | IMPLANT ANALOG - Implant analog for custom production of prosthetic superstructures for inserted dental implants, inserted into a master cast directly or indirectly via a model sleeve comprising an implant head equipped with elements to hold and fasten an implant system; a base of said implant analog having a cross section that tapers over at least part of its length; an implant head having a working surface and a connecting piece; a tenon-like projection on a bottom end surface of said implant head; and an external thread dimensioned to connect with a screw element. The analog may be removable through the bottom of the base. | 03-26-2009 |
20090087815 | DENTAL IMPLANT ABUTMENT - To provide a dental implant abutment which is attached on the oral cavity inner side of an implant fixture embedded in a jawbone to be an artificial tooth root and pierces a gingiva so as to be a base of an upper structural body in a dental implant treatment to recover a lost oral cavity function of a lost tooth, and which does not remarkably lose aesthetic property when a patient subjected to the dental implant treatment suffers a retraction of gingiva according to bone absorption, the dental implant abutment is made of a ceramic added with a pigment and sintered so as to wholly have a similar color to that of the gingiva, where the similar color to that of the gingiva has L* of 60 to 85, a* of 9 to 20, and b* of −5 to 9 in an index of a color system of L*a*b*. | 04-02-2009 |
20090092944 | Tooth Implant - The invention concerns a non rotation-symmetric but root-analogue or tooth socket-analogue dental implant of the same size and shape as the root of the extracted tooth with macro retentions protruding from the implant surface ( | 04-09-2009 |
20090092945 | NON-CONTACT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STABILITY ASSESSMENT OF DENTAL IMPLANT - A non-contact apparatus for a stability assessment of a dental implant is provided. The non-contact apparatus includes a triggering device and a dental implant containing a root body and an impact generating device, wherein the root body has a cavity, the impact generating device is located in the cavity, and the triggering device provides a non-contact impetus for triggering the impact generating device. | 04-09-2009 |
20090104582 | Male threaded implant drill - The Male Threaded Implant Drill will assist in the process that will allow a surgeon to place a dental implant in the mandible and/or maxilla bone(s) while working in conjunction with a stent. The Male Threaded Implant Drill is used in the placement of a surgical dental implant perfectly parallel to other dental implant(s) and root structures. The Implant Drill is used in conjunction with a surgical dental implant stent that will allow a surgeon to place dental implant(s) at a predetermined depth within the mandible and/or maxilla of a patient undergoing surgery. | 04-23-2009 |
20090111071 | Method for designing a digital abutment for dental implant - A method for designing a digital abutment for a dental implant includes the steps of: a) implant planning where implant planning is initiated based on digital data obtained from the patient and loaded into a computer system to enable an implant fixture to be implanted at the implant site in the best position, b) establishment of digital reference abutment where a digital reference abutment is established at the implant site and positioned on the implant fixture, c) adjustment of the digital reference abutment where the digital reference abutment has a subgingival part and a supragingival part at the top side of the subgingival part, and the angle between the subgingival part and the supragingival part is adjusted based on the best prosthesis position, and d) finish of digital abutment where the digital reference abutment becomes a digital abutment for placement after the adjustment. | 04-30-2009 |
20090117519 | STRUCTURAL/BIOLOGICAL IMPLANT SYSTEM - A structural/biological implant and method of use. The implant being utilized as a single or multiple staged system that is designed to encourage new alveolar bone growth with or without the need to obtain autologous bone. The implant has an apical portion that is fastened into existing bone, with the remainder of the implant left outside of existing bone. The exposed portion of the implant may have an external shape or configuration with a variety of attached and/or integrally formed mechanical retention and stability elements. Osteotropic/angiotropic material may be associated with the implant to induce and or conduct new bone growth and possible vascularization, thus, rather than fitting the implant into the bone, the bone is grown integratively with the implant. The osteotropic/angiotropic materials may be simultaneously placed with the staged implant to provide consistent stabilization for the materials and to provide an immediately available surface for bone cell adhesion and growth. The invention thus allows implants to be used in location where the volume and/or shape of the bone would not be adequate for existing implant systems. | 05-07-2009 |
20090123888 | UNIVERSAL DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM - A dental abutment is disclosed for use with a replacement tooth prosthesis. The abutment has a projection that fits generically within the fastener recess of an implant fixture pre-fitted within the patient's jawbone. The projection comprises a solid core surrounded by a plurality of fibers oriented parallel to the core. Resin cement is used to fix the abutment within the implant fixture. Downward pressure pushes the fibers out into intimate contact with the inner surfaces of the fastener recess. The abutment may be a polymer resin, metal, or a combination thereof. The abutment may also have a series of calibrated projections configured to engage corresponding projections of a pre-formed replacement tooth prosthesis to enable quick and precisely aligned installation of the prosthesis. The prosthesis may be a curable resin that is formed or molded in-situ, or it may be pre-manufactured. An installation method and a multi-piece kit are also provided. | 05-14-2009 |
20090123889 | Two-Part Dental Implant - A two-part dental implant includes distal and proximal implant portions which in an interconnected condition at least indirectly adjoin each other at a connecting location and have mutually facing surfaces in the region of the connecting location. A sealing body is provided between the mutually facing surfaces of the distal and proximal implant portions. The sealing body has sealing surfaces which face towards the mutually facing surfaces and which in the interconnected condition of the two implant portions bear sealingly against the mutually facing surfaces thereof. In addition, mutually facing abutment surfaces are provided between the distal and proximal implant portions. These mutually facing abutment surfaces bear against each other in the final assembled dental implant and limit the degree of approach of the two mutually facing surfaces of the implant portions between which the sealing body is arranged. The abutment surfaces define a minimum spacing of the two mutually facing surfaces of the implant portions, which is bridged over by the sealing body. The sealing body is at least partially comprised of an elastic material. | 05-14-2009 |
20090155742 | IMPLANT HAVING MICROGROOVES AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a treatment method of the implant abutment surface to increase adhesion between the implant and its surrounding soft tissue, to prevent epithelial down-growth, to prevent bacterial infection, and to extend life-time of the implant and an implant surface-treated by the same. The method for treating surface of the dental implant or implant abutment is characterized by microgroove-formation having greater width and bottom width than the section diameter of a human gingival fibroblast and by additional acid-etching on the whole surface including ridges which used to be left as polished, so that filopodia is actively stretched out to increase adhesion between the implant and its surrounding soft tissues. | 06-18-2009 |
20090170054 | Implant, in Particular Jaw Implant, with Different Material Properties - The invention relates to an implant ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090191507 | IMPLANT SURFACE WITH INCREASED HYDROPHILICITY - A method of increasing the hydrophilicity of an implant to be implanted into living bone. The method comprises the act of depositing non-toxic salt residuals on the surface of the implant by exposing the surface to a solution including the non-toxic salts. The method further comprises the act of drying the implant. | 07-30-2009 |
20090197218 | UNIVERSAL TRANSITIONAL ABUTMENT - A universal transitional abutment for immediate placement during the first and/or second stages of the dental implant surgery is presented. The transitional dental abutment can approximate the natural appearance of a patient's own tooth. The transitional dental abutment can bypass the traditional anti-rotational component common to most dental implant systems by directly screwing the transitional dental abutment onto a dental implant. In another embodiment, the abutment can be a universal anterior transitional abutment. The anterior transitional dental abutment can comprise a ball and a crown. The ball can be affixed to the dental implant and the crown snaps onto the ball. The transitional dental abutment can be universally used on most dental implants regardless of manufacturer by simply changing the fastener of the transitional dental abutment. The universal transitional abutments can be permanent. Additionally, the universal transitional abutments can be readily available and cost effective to the dental professional. | 08-06-2009 |
20090197219 | SYSTEM FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT SURGICAL GUIDE - The invention concerns guided dental implant surgery involving the preparation of a model with balls indicatine the emergent point of each implant, the preparation of a radiological plate starting from the model and equipped with a radiopaque ball placed in the cast corresponding to each ball of said model, the application of a reference fork for the radiological claque for the carrying out of a CAT scan, the elaboration of the CAT scan data with reference to the emergent point of the implant and successive preparation of a surgical guide with fixing of a directional sleeve on the plaque starting from the emergent point. | 08-06-2009 |
20090202962 | Dynamic Pillar for Correcting Incorrectly Positioned Implants and a Toll Therefor - The invention relates to a dynamic pier which is used to modify and rectify angulations in the construction of structures on incorrectly-positioned implants. The invention comprises two independent parts forming of a link. According to the invention, the base has a semi-spherical configuration, while the end of the shaft that is coupled to the base has a complementary configuration. The above-mentioned link enables the shaft to form an angle of between 0 and 25° with the base. In addition, a screw is used to connect the base to the longitudinal auger of the implant which is introduced into the bone. Once cast, the aforementioned parts, base and shaft, form a single piece with the desired angulation, such that the prosthesis occupies the correct position regardless of the incorrect angular positioning of the implant in the bone. The inventive tool is equipped with a spherical actuation head. | 08-13-2009 |
20090208904 | Dental implant - A dental implant is described, which has an internal axial force absorbing the dissipating member encased within resilient material so as to suspend a prosthetic supporting section. | 08-20-2009 |
20090208905 | EXPANDABLE DENTAL IMPLANTS OF HIGH SURFACE AREA AND METHODS OF EXPANDING THE SAME - A dental implant system for placement within a jaw of a patient includes an envelope including an outer surface and an inner surface defining a barrel. At least one barrier is located in the barrel. The barrel having a first region on one side of the barrier and a second region on an opposing side of the barrier. An expander member is movable within the barrel along a longitudinal axis of the barrel from the first region to the second region. The barrier prohibits the expander member from moving from the second region to the first region. | 08-20-2009 |
20090215007 | Dental implant with porous trabecular structure - The invention relates to a dental implant comprising a biocompatible porous mass in which is arranged at least one receiving bore ( | 08-27-2009 |
20090215008 | Oral Implant Placement System and Method - An oral implant system and method. The system comprises a positioning tool, a transfer band, a transfer screw and a transfer drill to provide for accurate placement of a dental implant parallel to other implants and or existing teeth and at predetermined depths. A model is made of the patient's maxilla and mandible. The model is marked for implant position, depth and size. Holes are drilled in the model for implant analogs using the positioning tool. The analogs are installed into the model using the positioning tool and a surveyor. Transfer bands are coupled to the analogs and a surgical stent portion is fabricated. The surgical stent is fitted to the patient's occlusion, secured, and then utilized to accurately drill apertures into the patient's maxilla or mandible. The implants are installed into the apertures and the surgical stent is removed. A final restoration is secured to the implants. | 08-27-2009 |
20090220913 | Enossal Implant Comprising an Anatase Coating - Disclosed is an enossal implant comprising a surface layer ( | 09-03-2009 |
20090246733 | ANCHOR FOR SECURING A TOOTH REPLACEMENT - The anchor for securing a tooth replacement comprises an anchoring part ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090246734 | MULTI-POSITION ABUTMENT WITH ANGULAR BALL ATTACHMENT FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - The present invention relates to an abutment for securing a dental prosthesis to a dental implant. The multi-member abutment corrects for angular misalignment between the dental prosthesis and implant by way of thirty or greater discrete orientations about a central vertical axis and, an external ball that protrudes from the upper surface of the abutment to externally constrain the prosthesis from the side. Exchangeable members are available for variability in height and offset angle beyond a specified range. | 10-01-2009 |
20090253097 | DEVICE AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FIXTURE INSTALLATION - A device and arrangement for installation of a fixture in a jaw bone comprises a fixture holder designed to cooperate with a guide member forming part of a template, via which guide member the fixture can be applied in its position in the jaw bone with the aid of the fixture holder. The arrangement is also provided with one or more elements which, with the aid of the guide member, ensure defined positions of the fixture in the vertical and transverse directions. The element or elements is or are arranged on the fixture holder. | 10-08-2009 |
20090258327 | SURFACE AREA OF A CERAMIC BODY AND CERAMIC BODY - Disclosed is a dental implant with a post element that can be inserted into a jawbone and with a mounting element attached to the post element, to which mounting element and dental element can be affixed with the post element designed as a ceramic body of yttrium and/or aluminum oxide stabilized zirconium oxide. Said dental implant should have an even additionally improved ingrowth or integration behaviour during the osseous implant healing, compared with the mentioned known concepts. According to the invention, the surface of the dental implant is provided with at least one partial area that has nanoscopic pore or an otherwise executed nanoscopic structure that has a depletion zone with a reduced yttrium and/or aluminum oxide element, compared with the internal volume. | 10-15-2009 |
20090258328 | 5 IN 1 DENTAL IMPLANT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A dental implant method and apparatus is disclosed. A dental implant may be placed during one surgery by extracting a tooth from a socket, drilling a hole through crestal bone at the top of the socket, dissecting sinus membrane from the crestal bone by pulsing water through the hole and separating the sinus membrane from the crestal bone, then inserting bone mixture through the hole and between the sinus membrane and the crestal bone to increase the thickness of crestal bone. Then, the hole may be bored to a first diameter and a dental implant having threads and a sidecut may be placed in the hole. After the dental implant is placed, gingival tissue may be vertically translated by dissecting the gingival tissue from alveolar bone near to the socket, making lateral cuts in the gingival tissue on the alveolar bone side of the gingival tissue, and translating the gingival tissue so it is adjacent to the dental implant. In this way, a dental implant may be implanted within one surgery. | 10-15-2009 |
20090263760 | ABUTMENT FOR IMPLANT - In an abutment for a dental implant which includes a crown connection part, a smooth tissue contact part and a fixture engaging part, there is provided an improved abutment for a dental implant characterized in that only the smooth tissue contact part is coated. The abutment is made of titanium. The coating process is performed with TiN. | 10-22-2009 |
20090305190 | Dental Implant And Process For Its Manufacture - A dental implant ( | 12-10-2009 |
20090317762 | IMPLANTS WITH POROUS OUTER LAYER, AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - Provided are implants having a porous coating, comprising an implant core made of solid material and a sleeve fitted thereon, wherein the sleeve comprises an outer porous region in addition to an inner non-porous region. The invention further provides a method for joining the solid implant core and a sleeve comprising an outer porous region as well as an inner non-porous region. | 12-24-2009 |
20090325125 | Dental Framework - A method of preparing a dental framework or mathematical model thereof comprises creating a replica of a patient's mouth or a framework to be inserted into the patient's mouth, electronically scanning the replica or framework, electronically determining a surface model of a dental framework and manufacturing the framework. | 12-31-2009 |
20100009316 | COMPACT DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant is provided for supporting a dental prosthesis. The implant has a body having an outer surface, an apical end, a coronal end, a coronal portion, and a threaded portion. The coronal portion has a collar that tapers inwardly. The threaded portion has an intermediate portion and an apical portion, the intermediate portion tapering inwardly at a first angle and the apical portion tapering inwardly at a second angle. At least one thread is located on the outer surface of the threaded portion. The thread has a coronal flank, an apical flank, and a face extending between the coronal flank and apical flank. | 01-14-2010 |
20100015571 | Flexible Abutment For Use With A Dental Implant - A flexible abutment is provided to allow a prosthetic tooth or other dental device to simulate the flexibility of a natural tooth to provide protection from accidental sudden forces affecting the implant and allows for connection between a natural tooth and the implant, such as by a bridge. | 01-21-2010 |
20100021865 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMPLANT ABUTMENTS FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS, AND AN IMPLANT ABUTMENT FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing implant abutments | 01-28-2010 |
20100035207 | ARTIFICIAL TEETHRIDGE AND FANG - A structure of the artificial teethridge and fang includes an artificial teethridge which has an arched top and an arched bottom, wherein the top and the bottom of the artificial teethridge are curved toward the same direction. The thickness of the artificial teethridge is relatively thicker at central part and gradually becomes thinner toward two lateral sides. A fang is installed on the top and the fang has a narrower fang top and a wider fang bottom, whereby the artificial teethridge and the fang form a mechanical conduction structure. The bottom surface of the artificial teethridge has a complementary structure which can be tightly matched and fixed on each point of the top surface of the alveolar bone without any gap, whereby the bottom of the artificial teethridge further includes a fastening fixture. | 02-11-2010 |
20100047741 | Dental Implant Carrier - The present invention relates to a dental implant carrier for affixing into a hollow space, in particular a predrilled bore, of a bone having a base body insertable into the hollow space and a clamping part with an implant post for the affixing of a dental implant, wherein the base body has laterally projecting expanding parts which are made in resilient form so that the clamping part engages at the base body and so that the base body can be pulled by the clamping part in the direction of the implant post. | 02-25-2010 |
20100062395 | DEVICE PROVIDING AN INTERFACE BETWEEN A DENTAL IMPLANT AND AN ABUTMENT - A system comprising a dental interface device and a dental implant. The interface device provides an interface between a dental abutment and the implant allowing connecting the implant to the abutment. The interface device may comprise a shank and a polygonal connector, where the connector extends from one end of the shank. The connector may comprise sections forming the polygonal shape where the implant may comprise a polygonal receptacle, which is a cavity designed to receive the polygonal connector of the interface device. The outer dimensions of the connector may be slightly larger than the corresponding inner dimensions of the polygonal receptacle. The sections can bend inwardly towards the center of the connector when inserted to the receptacle, and return to an unbent position once the connector is inside the receptacle, thereby applying pressure upon the inner walls of the receptacle, thereby securing said connector to the receptacle and implant. | 03-11-2010 |
20100068674 | ABUTMENT HAVING A CORE | 03-18-2010 |
20100081109 | DENTAL IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention discloses a novel implant provided with a macroporous surface on the top surface, and a method for the production of such a metallic and/or ceramic implant having a textured, particularly porous, surface for the at least partial insertion in hard tissue, such as in a bone, and/or into soft tissue. The implant is produced as a green compact, at least in sections, using a cold isostatic pressing, casting, and/or injecting (CIM, MIM) with subsequent sintering to obtain an implant, and is particularly characterized in that the surface is modified and/or prepared before sintering such that a macroporous surface is present after sintering without requiring any finishing. | 04-01-2010 |
20100081110 | METHOD FOR AFFIXING AN ARTIFICIAL ELEMENT TO A SURFACE OF DENTINE, ENAMEL, BONE, OR A CORRESPONDING SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL, AND SET FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD | 04-01-2010 |
20100086896 | Implant for anchoring dental prosthesis - The invention relates to an implant, in particular for anchoring dental prostheses, which is provided with a zirconium nitride (ZrN) coating and/or a zirconium oxide (ZrO | 04-08-2010 |
20100086897 | ELASTIC TEMPORARY SUPRACONSTRUCTION FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - A temporary supraconstruction for a dental implant or a core for a temporary supraconstruction for a dental implant, characterized in that it includes a material having a modulus of elasticity of less than 300 MPa, preferably in the range of from 15 to 20 MPa. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086898 | DENTAL IMPLANTS FOR IMPLANTATION IN A HUMAN OR ANIMAL JAWBONE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME - The subject matter of the invention is, in one example, a dental implant for implantation in a human or animal jawbone with an implant for receiving a dental prosthesis. Providing a dental implant that can be implanted with less discomfort for the patient is achieved in that the implant is at least in parts surrounded with bone substance of the patient, said bone substance not originating from the place in the jaw of the patient at which the dental implant is intended to be implanted. | 04-08-2010 |
20100099058 | Method of Dental Implant Restoration - The invention provides a method for dental restoration including direct modification of an abutment in the oral environment to obtain the ideal shape, contour, and margin placement. The method is featured with directly measuring the shortest distance X | 04-22-2010 |
20100105005 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING DENTAL PROSTHESIS - Described herein are various embodiments of a dental prosthesis implant system and associated apparatus and methods that overcome at least some shortcomings of the prior art. According to one representative embodiment, a connector for an implant retained prosthesis includes a first portion securable to a prosthesis and a second portion securable to an implant embeddable within a bone under a gingival layer. The first portion includes a first engagement element. The second portion includes a second engagement element that defines an internal cavity. The first engagement element is positionable within the internal cavity. When the second portion is secured to the implant and the first engagement element is positioned within the internal cavity, at least a portion of the internal cavity and first engagement element is within the gingival layer. In one implementation, the first portion is coupleable to the second portion via a snap-fit connection. | 04-29-2010 |
20100119993 | DENTAL IMPLANT - An oral implant for mounting in a patient's maxilla or mandible is provided that includes an abutment and a fixture. The implants may be arranged in a system including two or more adjacent implants disposed in predetermined locations and bearing a predetermined locational relationship to each other. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119994 | ARTIFICIAL DENTAL PROTHESIS, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ANCHORING PART - An artificial dental prosthesis includes a crown and an implant, the implant having an abutment portion and an anchoring portion, the anchoring portion having a region for receiving the abutment portion, and wherein the anchoring portion is connected to the abutment portion forming an external contact joint. The artificial dental prosthesis is designed such that the crown covers the contact joint at least in sections. | 05-13-2010 |
20100129772 | Captive thread dental implant apparatus - A captive thread dental implant apparatus including a removable support member having a first receptacle on one end and a first threaded shank portion on the other end, the removable support member having a non-threaded shank portion extending between the first threaded shank portion and the first receptacle; and an anchor implant member having a lower body portion on one end and a second receptacle on the other end for receiving the first threaded shank portion of the removable support member, the second receptacle having a second threaded portion located within the second receptacle for engaging the first threaded shank portion, the non-threaded shank portion located adjacent to the second threaded shank portion when the removable support member is joined with the anchor implant member. | 05-27-2010 |
20100151420 | FIXTURES FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - A coping for use in a dental implant is disclosed. The coping may comprise a material capable of forming a chemical bond to a restorative tooth. The restorative tooth chemically bonds to the coping when cured. | 06-17-2010 |
20100167239 | IMPRESSION DEVICE WITH IMPRESSION-TAKING CAP FOR DENTAL PROSTHESIS - An impression device includes an impression taking-cap ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100173264 | NANOSURFACE - The invention relates to a method for modification of a biocompatible component comprising the steps of a) providing a biocompatible component at least partly covered by metallic oxide; and b) treating at least a part of said component, which part is covered by said metallic oxide, with an aqueous composition comprising oxalic acid; whereby a modified metallic oxide is obtained. The invention also relates to a biocompatible component comprising a substrate having a surface comprising a) a microstructure comprising pits separated by plateus and/or ridges; and b) a primary nanostructure being superimposed on said microstructure, said primary nanostructure comprising depressions arranged in a wave-like formation. | 07-08-2010 |
20100184003 | DENTAL TRANSFER FOR FIXING THE POSITION OF ENDOSSEOUS IMPLANTS IN DENTAL ARCHES - Dental transfer ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100190136 | STUD BLANK FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - The invention relates to a stud blank for a dental implant comprising an implant member that is to be inserted into a jaw. The stud blank includes an outer contour formed by at least partly spatially overlapping the outer contour of at least one first individual stud which encloses a first angle of inclination relative to a longitudinal axis of the implant member and the outer contour of a second individual stud that encloses a second angle of inclination relative to the longitudinal axis of the implant member. | 07-29-2010 |
20100190137 | TOOTH-IMPLANT METHOD AND APPLIANCE - A tooth implant is done by first fitting to teeth adjacent an edentulous site of a jawbone a temporary bridge and providing in the bridge a guide tube oriented in alignment with a location on the site where an implant pin is to be seated. Then, with the bridge in place and using the tube as a guide, a pilot bore is drilled in the jawbone at the location, and then the implant pin is fitted into the drilled bore and the tube is plugged. The bridge with the plugged tube in place at the site during an osseointegration period after which the bridge is removed and replaced with a prosthesis anchored to the implant. | 07-29-2010 |
20100196850 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A tooth replacement system ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100196851 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A tooth replacement system ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100196852 | DENTAL ABUTMENT WITH INDENTATION FOR INHIBITION OF CRESTAL BONE REMODELING - A dental abutment includes a projection for insertion into a cavity in the coronal portion of a dental implant. A coronal surface of the projection is adapted to be substantially flush with a coronal end of the implant when the projection is fully inserted into the cavity. A post extends in a substantially coronal direction from the coronal surface, wherein the perimeter of the post at the coronal surface is smaller than the perimeter of the coronal surface so as to form an indented shelf around the perimeter of the coronal surface. | 08-05-2010 |
20100203475 | Tooth implant device and flexible fixture used therein - A tooth implant device comprises an abutment and a fixture. The abutment includes an upper portion to which a dental crown is attached and a lower portion whose cross-section decreases to a downward direction. The fixture includes an abutment inserting hole into which the abutment is inserted and is made of a bone-friendly metallic material. The fixture has an outer surface without threaded portions and has stiffness in a range of 5 percents to 40 percents compared to that of a solid form. When the abutment is inserted into the abutment inserting hole, the flexible fixture expands to apply a uniform stress to alveolar bone and be secured thereto in a taper-lock fashion. | 08-12-2010 |
20100203476 | CONNECTION ARRANGMENT BETWEEN A DENTAL IMPLANT AND AN ABUTMENT - The present invention relates to a connection arrangement between a dental implant and an abutment, comprising an abutment provided with a first coronal opening and a second apical opening, a screw and a ring, the ring being suitable for holding a screw inserted in the abutment, characterized in that the ring is fixed in the first opening of the abutment with a positive fit or a material joint. | 08-12-2010 |
20100216092 | SUPPORT FOR A TEMPORARY DENTAL CROWN - A support ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100221681 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERISTALTIC PUMP AND SURGICAL HANDPIECE WITH PRESSURE REGULATED FLUID SENSING FOR MAXILLARY SINUS ELEVATION - An apparatus for performing a maxillary sinus membrane elevation is described having a peristaltic or other electronic pump providing a fluid to a sleeve extending to the maxillary sinus through a handle. A pressure sensor monitors the fluid pressure and if the pressure reaches an excessive pressure level, the fluid flow is cut off to protect the membrane. Pressure variations in the fluid pressure due to the operation of the pump are reduced or eliminated using one or more baffles. | 09-02-2010 |
20100233656 | DUAL FUNCTION SYSTEM FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - The object of the invention relates to a dual function system for dental implants comprising a pier anchored to the implant through a retaining bolt and an attachment which can be used without distinction as a transfer element for taking an impression of the position of the implant or as a support for fixing a temporary prosthesis on said implant, wherein said attachment comprises axial retaining elements and radial retaining elements preventing its mobility when it is used both to take an impression and when it is used as a support of the temporary crown. | 09-16-2010 |
20100240009 | ASYMMETRICAL DENTAL IMPLANT AND METHOD OF INSERTION - An implant fixture is disclosed. The implant fixture includes an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis. The elongated body includes a base portion having a non-circular cross section and a receiver adapted to receive a prosthetic. A root portion extends from the base portion away from the receiver. An extension portion extends from the root portion away from the base portion. The extension portion extends primarily along one side of the longitudinal axis. A kit containing a plurality of implant fixtures having different configurations is also disclosed. Further, a method of inserting the implant fixture into a patient is also disclosed. The method uses piezoelectrically generated energy to seat the implant fixture in the patient's bone. | 09-23-2010 |
20100248185 | DENTAL PIN AND USE THEREOF - The present patent is related to a dental pin ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100248186 | Assembly For Supporting At Least One Artificial Dental Element - An assembly ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100255445 | ASSISTED DENTAL IMPLANT TREATMENT - Embodiments of systems and methods for planning and/or delivering an oral or facial endosseous implantation in a patient are described. In certain embodiments, systems according to the invention include a processing module; a surface imaging scan and a CT scan which utilizes a locator mouthpiece having a plurality of reference points thereon and can send scanned data to a treatment planning module. A processing module processes the data and the surface data into an output that includes three-dimensional (3-D) representation data indicative of at least one of an oral structure and a facial structure of the patient. In certain embodiments, a system includes a fabrication module that produces a physical model based on the 3-D representation data and indicating a planned location of an endosseous implant. In certain embodiments, a system includes a surgical module that guides implantation of an endosseous implant based on the 3-D representation data. The system may also provide a robotic implantation device which may assist the dental professional in placing the implant into the oral structure of an individual patient. | 10-07-2010 |
20100266985 | ABUTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR DENTAL IMPLANT - An abutment assembly for use with a dental implant unit includes a metal pedestal unit which has a fitting bushing adapted to fittingly engage a tubular fitted wall of an implant member, a ceramic abutment body which has an annular cut-out in a bottom wall thereof to be mounted on the pedestal unit, and a tubular packing member which has a bearing ledge on an inner peripheral surface to be pressed by a bolt member when the bolt member is threadedly engaged with the implant member, and a pressing region on an outer peripheral surface to be brought to intimately abut against a pressed region of an inner tubular wall surface of the abutment wall so as to place the abutment body in a tightened position. | 10-21-2010 |
20100266986 | One piece angled abutment - The present invention refers to a one-piece angled abutment ( | 10-21-2010 |
20100285426 | Coupling assembly, particularly for dental implants - A coupling assembly, particularly for dental implants, comprising at least one pin, which can be coupled rigidly to a bone portion, and a supporting element, which can be associated with a prosthesis. The pin has, at its end portion that lies opposite the one designed for connection to the bone portion, a protruding tab that can be accommodated by elastic forcing in a respective cavity formed in the supporting element so as to produce a stable coupling configuration between the pin and the supporting element. The tab is shaped like a substantially equatorial portion of a sphere with an outer lateral surface adapted to abut, with at least one part thereof, against the internal side wall of the cavity, to determine stable coupling configuration. | 11-11-2010 |
20100297582 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM - Dental implant system having an anchoring part adapted for anchoring the dental implant system within bone, said anchoring part having a bone contacting surface. The bone contacting surface is at least partially made of a metal selected from the group of niobium, tantalum and a niobium-tantalum alloy. Said metal is coated on a basic implant body made of a metal selected from the group of titanium, zirconium and a titanium or zirconium alloy, or of a ceramic material. | 11-25-2010 |
20100304332 | DENTAL SUPERSTRUCTURE, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A dental superstructure with integrated spacers comprising a main body, wherein said superstructure is | 12-02-2010 |
20100304333 | EXPANDABLE DENTAL IMPLANT - An expandable dental implant is provided. The dental implant comprises a crown portion, an expandable root and a cam. The expandable root portion has a plurality of members pivotally coupled to the crown portion. The cam is coupled to the crown portion and is slidably engageable with at least a portion of the plurality of members to urge the members to pivot outward and expand the root portion. | 12-02-2010 |
20100304334 | Dental Implant System and Method of Use - A dental implant system includes an implant having a well and an abutment having a post shaped to be received in the tapered well. Both the implant and the abutment are made from a millable ceramic, and the abutment post and/or the implant well have grooves carved therein. In one embodiment, the implant and the abutment are joined one to the other with a retentive elastomeric product containing micro-bubbles and micro-spacers. The dental implant system may be produced using a computer-readable medium containing instructions for analyzing surface data and X-ray data, for developing contour data of the implant and of the abutment according to the anatomy of the patient, and for generating machine instruction for milling the implant and the abutment from blocks of the millable ceramic. The invention provides the dentist with total flexibility in determining the most appropriate contours of the implant system and in reducing inventory. | 12-02-2010 |
20100311012 | DENTAL ABUTMENT WITH A FLAT CONNECTION - A system, an abutment, a dental implant, kits and a method for implanting a prosthesis onto a jaw of a patient. The proximal end of the abutments is a flat connection of a predefined shape that is circularly symmetrical with a proximad decreasing radius. The prosthesis is attached to the distal ends of the abutments, and each abutment corresponds to a dental implant in the jaw. The dental implants are not all parallel to each other and may form any angle between them. The flat connection allows substantial tolerance in attaching the prosthesis to the dental implants. The predefined form may be a proximal disc connected to a distal truncated cone, wherein the proximal disc is congruent to the proximal face of the truncated cone. One system comprises abutments, dental implants, elastic supporting elements and extension elements. | 12-09-2010 |
20100323324 | Blocking Having Joining Structure of Dental Implant Abutment and Upper Structure and Manufacturing Method of the Same - Disclosed are a block having a structure for joining an abutment and a superstructure for a dental implant and a method for manufacturing the same. An abutment and a superstructure are not shaped in advance, and instead, a block, in which a structure for joining a fixture and other connection parts of a dental prosthesis are formed, is manufactured such that the block can be machined through CAD/CAM, or, after a wax mock-up or a resin mock-up is scanned and drawn on a paper, the block can be machined through CAM to form an abutment or the crown of a superstructure. In order to provide high strength and high toughness, the block is made of a stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline (TZP)-based material or a composite of zirconia and oxide. The method comprises the steps of pressing a starting material for a block, machining a resultant formation, and sintering the machined formation. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323325 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FIXING REMOVABLE DENTURES - A removable denture system comprising a support beam fixedly attached to the individual's alveolar ridge above the mucous membrane by a plurality of dental implants, and a denture generally conforming with the dental parameters of the individual and integrated with a supper-structure. The supper-structure comprises at least a portion shaped in confirmation with the support beam, and a denture locking arrangement for removably though fixedly articulating the denture to the support beam preventing unintentional disengagement of the denture. | 12-23-2010 |
20100330529 | Compound Angular Joint For Connecting An Abutment To a Dental Implant In A Predefined Angle - A compound angular joint for connecting an abutment to a dental implant in a predefined angle. One compound angular joint comprises a basal member connectable to the dental implant, and an apical member connectable to the abutment. The apical member is connected to the basal member forming the predefined angle. Assembling the compound angular joint of the two members allows achieving a strong and stable connection between the basal member and the dental implant, between the apical member and the abutment, and between the basal member and the apical member. The compound angular joint may be used in prostheses to allow optimally exploiting the bone structure of the jaw. | 12-30-2010 |
20100330530 | Dental Implant System - Dental implant system for mounting a dental superstructure is disclosed. Enossal, gingival, transgingival sections plus implant head are integrated into a single-piece implant body. The enossal and gingival sections have geometries derived from diagnostic patient data and, thus, correspond geometrically precisely to the shape of the patient's jawbone and the drilled implant cavity and therefore completely fill those portions of the cavity. The superstructure covers the entire surface of the implant head, filling out the rest of the cavity. The surface structure of the dental implant has no gaps in it and portions of it are textured so as to facilitate complete fusing of tissue to implant, thereby preventing formation of gum pockets. Sections of the dental implant are rotationally asymmetrical, so as to ensure proper location of the implant in the cavity and prevent rotation. The construction of the implant also prevents the occurrence of micro-movements. | 12-30-2010 |
20100330531 | BRIDGE SUPPORT, A SCREW AND A METHOD - A bridge support ( | 12-30-2010 |
20100330532 | Dental Implant Using a Polymeric Post - The present invention is a dental implant utilizing a polymeric dental post. The actual prosthetic portion of the implant may also be manufactured from a polymer. Various post designs are disclosed for setting and securing the post in a patient's jaw. Numerous polymers are disclosed and may be blended to achieve desired characteristics for both the post and prosthetic. | 12-30-2010 |
20110008752 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A PROSTHESIS IN A JAWBONE OF A PATIENT - An abutment clip for use in a dental implant system for orienting an abutment relative to features on a patient's teeth and jawbone so that a prosthesis, which is attachable to the abutment, will be correctly oriented. The abutment clip comprises a housing that includes a chamber sized to receive the abutment therein. The housing has at least one position indicator provided at one end thereof. The dentist engages the abutment clip over the abutment when it is still attached to a manufacturer's plaster model. He notes the position of the indicator on the housing in reference to features on the model and then detaches the abutment clip, abutment and abutment screw as a unit from the model. The combined abutment clip, abutment and screw are then positioned on an implant post in the patient's jaw bone and the position indicator is used to verify the orientation of the abutment before it is secured to the implant post. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008753 | TOOTH IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A dental implant, comprising a base ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110014585 | DENTAL RENTENTION SYSTEMS - Dental retention systems which facilitate the adjustment or removal of an oral appliance, e.g., a crown or bridge, from a reconfigurable abutment assembly are described. The adjustable abutment assembly may be secured to an anchoring implant bored into the bones within the mouth. The abutment assembly has a projecting abutment portion with one or more shape memory alloy compression plates or elements extending along the projecting abutment portion. Each of the plates has a length with one or more straightened portions and with at least one curved or arcuate portion. Energy may be applied to the elements such that the arcuate portion self-flattens to allow for the oral appliance to be placed thereupon while removal of the energy allows the elements to reconfigure into its curved configuration thereby locking the oral appliance to the abutment. Removal of the oral appliance may be effected by reapplication of energy to the elements. | 01-20-2011 |
20110014586 | CERAMIC ONE-PIECE DENTAL IMPLANT - A ceramic one-piece implant is provided that comprises a first portion and a second portion that are integrally formed with each other. The first portion can be arranged at a coronal end of the implant for fitting engagement with a dental restoration to the implant. The second portion can contiguously adjoin the first portion at a coronal edge. Further, the second portion can have a width and be arranged apically from the coronal end of the implant. The second portion can also be devised for arrangement in epithelial contact with soft tissue upon implantation of the dental implant. Furthermore, a curvature including the coronal edge can be adjustable by removal of material at least from the second portion while the width of the shoulder is substantially maintained. | 01-20-2011 |
20110020766 | Ceramic/Metallic Dental Abutment - A ceramic/metallic dental abutment for use with an implant, the abutment generally including a ceramic body portion having a base region, a transgingival region, and a supragingival region. The base region includes an anti-rotational implant interface, such as an external polygonal fitting, for engaging a cooperating internal polygonal fitting of an implant to prevent relative rotation between the abutment and the implant. The ceramic abutment body portion additionally includes a metal implant contact portion for contacting the implant and providing a load-bearing, metal-on-metal interface between the abutment and the implant. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020767 | IMPLANT WITH INTERNAL MULTI-LOBED INTERLOCK - A dental implant for supporting a dental prosthesis comprises a body portion and a top surface. The implant further comprises an internal cavity with an opening located at the top surface. The internal cavity comprises an interlock chamber having a depth measured from the top surface equal to a first distance. The interlock chamber comprising a cylindrical portion and plurality of semi-circular channels arranged around a periphery of the cylindrical portion. A threaded chamber that includes threads is located below the post-receiving chamber. The cylindrical portion has a first radius and the channels have a second radius, a ratio of the first radius to the second radius being between approximately 4:1. and 2:1. | 01-27-2011 |
20110033825 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant system for supporting a cosmetic tooth prosthesis includes an elongated body adapted to be disposed in a jaw bone of a patient. The elongated body includes a distal end and a proximal end and extends along a longitudinal axis. The elongated body includes a tapered outer surface that tapers along the longitudinal axis distally from the proximal end of the elongated body. The outer surface of the tapered elongated body includes a plurality of barbs for securing the elongated body in the jaw bone of the patient. | 02-10-2011 |
20110039232 | MAXILLARY SINUS MEMBRANE LIFTING DEVICE FOR DENTAL IMPLANT - An assistant device for dental implant surgery to perform an operation for placing a dental implant into a thinned maxilla without damage in a maxillary sinus membrane. The assist device includes a cylindrical main support section ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110045436 | DENTAL MILL BLANKS - A dental mill blank including a resin and a filler, wherein the blank is fabricated such that it passes a Thermal Shock Test. The mill blank is substantially free of cracks and discontinuities. Further, the blank may have superior cuttability and hardness. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053114 | HUMAN BODY IMPLANT STRUCTURE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF DISASSEMBLING THE STRUCTURE - A human body implant structure includes: a support anchor which is embedded into a bone body; a support base which is placed on and fixed to an upper portion of the support anchor; and a lost-part compensation part which is mounted on an upper portion of the support base, wherein the support anchor and the support base are configured to be detachably fitted to each other by way of the taper fitting structure where the support anchor and the support base are brought into close contact with each other, and a stepped portion which is formed of an upper surface of the support anchor is formed on a boundary between a female threaded hole which is vertically formed in the support base and a vertical hole formed in the upper surface of the support anchor. | 03-03-2011 |
20110086327 | Combination UCLA Impression Coping and Installation Procedure - A UCLA castable abutment and impression taking component are combined into one unit. The shape of the plastic distal end of the UCLA abutment is fabricated so that it will have one or more undercuts as well as one or more anti-rotation features to allow it to be used while taking an impression of the abutment's relationship to the implant using the indirect transfer method. The combination of an anti-rotation and undercut feature allow the UCLA abutment to be gripped by the impression. The unit includes a bore to allow a fixation screw to fixate the unit to either an implant or implant analog. | 04-14-2011 |
20110104637 | VARIABLY MOUNTABLE IMPLANT WITH STEPPED SOCKET - An implant for supporting a prosthetic tooth in an anatomically correct shape of a maxillary and/or mandibular central or lateral incisor includes a post for securing to a mandible of a patient; an abutment; and a socket having a bifurcated stepped shape. The bifurcated stepped shape defines a schematic-anatomical analog to the maxillary and/or mandibular central or lateral incisor. | 05-05-2011 |
20110111366 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND PERSONALIZATION FOR DENTAL PROSTHESES - The present disclosure describes a method for increasing the speed in setting artificial teeth in full dentures or dental prostheses, the method comprising providing premade tooth segments, the premade tooth segments comprising at least one tooth that may be preset into a gingival roll manufactured with either the individual teeth connected together in the gingival roll or by a mid-tooth connection at the mesial and distal surfaces (the sides of a tooth) of each tooth in the segment; setting the premade tooth segments into a wax bite rim; fitting the wax bite rim to the patient's mandibular or maxillary arch; and curing the wax bite rim. Another aspect of the disclosure includes a method for individualizing the denture or dental prosthesis whereby the incisors can be manipulated to create a personal and natural appearance. | 05-12-2011 |
20110111367 | NANOCOUPLING FOR IMPROVEMENT OF COATING ADHESION OF POLYMER ON METAL SUBSTRATES - Disclosed is nanocoupling of a polymer onto a surface of a metal substrate for improving coating adhesion of the polymer on the metal substrate, and in vivo stability and durability of the polymer. In accordance with the present invention, the polymers can be grafted via a chemical bonding on the surface of the metal substrate by the nanocoupling, by which adhesion, biocompatibility and durability of a polymer-coated layer which is to be formed later on the metal substrate were remarkably improved; therefore, the nanocoupling according to the present invention can be applied to surface modification of a metal implant, such as stents, mechanical valves, and an articular, a spinal, a dental and an orthopedic implants. | 05-12-2011 |
20110117520 | IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING GUMS AND BONE AUGMENTATION AND PRESERVATION - Embodiments described herein are related to fillers that are placed within an extraction site in need of bone augmentation and preservation. The fillers encourage sufficient new bone growth in order that normal jaw bone deterioration following tooth removal is prevented. The fillers create, arrange, and assemble an ideal growth environment for new bone growth to rapidly grow and preserve the original contours of an individual's jaw bone. Further embodiments described herein are related to dental implants that are arranged to provide a scaffold upon which a damaged or missing dental papilla may regrow. The dental implants may include a micro-pattern to facilitate directional cell growth. | 05-19-2011 |
20110117521 | BIOLOGICAL REGENERATE - The present invention relates to the field of microvascular reconstruction surgery of bone defects. More specifically, the invention relates to a biological jaw regenerate and to methods of preparing said jaw regenerate. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of reconstructing a jaw defect in a patient in need thereof. | 05-19-2011 |
20110123948 | Two-part rotational dental implant abutment for use with existing implant bases - A two-part abutment for attachment between a dental implant and a restorative fixture may be oriented at an angle of between 0° and 35°, and manipulated between four to twelve directions or positions in addition to the directions in which the implant itself may be manipulated so that the restorative fixture may be oriented in the proper position within the mouth of a patient. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123949 | DENTAL IMPLANT - The invention relates to a dental implant comprising an implant body provided with a central receiving opening, a structural element provided with a journal engaging in the receiving opening, and a tension bolt which penetrates a borehole of the structural element and is screwed into an inner thread located in the receiving opening. First and second indexing elements are arranged in an apical region of the structural element, in order to pre-define the rotational position of the structural element in relation to the implant body. The at least one first indexing element is associated with the implant body or the structural element in a rotationally fixed manner, and at least two second indexing elements are associated with the structural element or the implant body in a rotationally fixed manner. The indexing elements extend especially at least partially into the region of the conical outer surface of the journal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123950 | Dental Implant and Positioning Device Therefor - A positioning device is used to place an implant in the proper vertical position within the soft tissue and bone, provide space for subsequent procedures, and create a proper emergence profile for the final restoration. The lower portion of the positioning device has substantially the same outer shape as that of the implant but without external screw threads or other mechanical features for anchoring the implant in the jawbone. After the hole is countersunk, the depth of the hole in the jawbone is increased incrementally and checked with the positioning device for collar engagement and location of the margin within the gum tissue and bone. After the proper vertical position is attained, a special countersink bur may be used to create needed space around the implant margin and provide a proper crown emergence profile. | 05-26-2011 |
20110129797 | Tooth Implant - A tooth implant which has an implant body, which is, preferably embodied as a single piece with a support which is anchored in the bone tissue, in addition to a journal which is secured to one end of the implant body which is used to secure a constructional component. The journal has several groove-like recesses which are oriented, respectively, in the longitudinal direction thereof and, are distributed on the periphery of the journal and projections are arranged therebetween. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129798 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING AN IMPRESSION CAP ON A TOOTH IMPLANT - Secondary part or securing an impression cap ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110136077 | METHOD FOR MAKING A DENTAL PROSTHESIS AND RELATED SURGICAL GUIDE - The invention relates to a method for making dental prostheses and related surgical guides, that comprises making the prosthesis and/or the surgical guide based on a model that reproduces the bone portions of the jaw using a first material and the mucosa portions of the jaw using a second material softer than the first material, and made on the basis of a computer modelling of the mucosa portions and the bone portions of the jaw by radiographic data differentiation. The invention also relates to the individualized production in a single piece of one or more implants for such a dental prosthesis that comprises machining rods or studs of a biocompatible material. The invention further relates to a ready-to-use individualized kit for placing a dental prosthesis, that comprises this type of prosthesis, this type of surgical guide and/or one or more implants of this type, as well as screwing keys for placing the implants and optionally suitable drills. | 06-09-2011 |
20110136078 | IMPLANT BODY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF SAME, AND DENTAL IMPLANT - To obtain improved bio-affinity and high bone attachment in an implant body, a method of manufacture for the implant body, and a dental implant. The implant body is fixed in a contact configuration to bone, and includes the base material formed from zirconia, and a surface layer formed on the surface of the base material and having a lower hardness than the base material. Therefore, in addition to having superior mechanical strength due to the zirconia base material, the soft and flexible surface layer functions as a buffer layer to mitigate the difference in the degree of hardness between the bone and the base material, and therefore the soft surface further improves the bone adhesion characteristics. | 06-09-2011 |
20110171598 | FALSE TEETH POSITIONING DEVICE - A false teeth positioning device being embedded in the false teeth to attach the false teeth onto guns and comprising: a base including a concave surface to be attached onto the gums, the concave surface including a cavity formed thereon, the base including a hole fixed on one side surface thereof; a flexible attaching piece coupled to the concave surface to cover the cavity and including plural indentions arranged on a bottom surface thereof and plural flexible films formed on a top surface thereof to correspond to the indentions; an axial seat secured to one side of the base and including an axial bore disposed thereon to communicate with the cavity; a shaft fixed to the axial bore and including an O-shaped rubber ring arranged on an outer periphery of one end thereof proximate to the cavity; a driving member driven from an exterior to actuate the shaft to move. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171599 | SHAPE MEMORY DENTAL RETENTION SYSTEMS - Shape memory dental retention systems which facilitate the adjustment or removal of an oral appliance, e.g., a crown or bridge, from a reconfigurable abutment assembly are described. The adjustable abutment assembly may be secured to an anchoring implant bored into the bones within the mouth. The abutment assembly has a projecting abutment portion with one or more shape memory material sleeves or plates or elements extending along the abutment. Each of the sleeves has a length with at least one curved or arcuate portion. Energy may be applied to the elements such that the arcuate portion flattens to allow for the oral appliance to be placed thereupon while removal of the energy allows the elements to reconfigure into its curved configuration thereby locking the oral appliance to the abutment. Removal of the oral appliance may be effected by reapplication of energy to the elements. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177475 | EXPANDABLE POLYMER DENTAL IMPLANT AND METHOD OF USE - Systems and methods for a dental implant system suitable for an endosteal implant into a jawbone are provided. The systems and methods make use of an expandable polymer sheath insertable into a jawbone, an implant insertable into the sheath and causing expansion of the sheath upon insertion, and an abutment adapted to be coupled to the implant and permitting the attachment of a dental prosthesis. | 07-21-2011 |
20110183289 | Method For Manufacting Dental Implant Components - 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. | 07-28-2011 |
20110200967 | DENTAL HEALING ABUTMENT - A dental healing abutment assembly having a tubular holder and a plurality of removable nestable shells. Each nestable shell has a proximal end and a distal end open to permit the nesting of the shell with the holder or other nestable shells. The proximal end of each nestable shell is defined by a base plate. The tubular holder and the nestable shells each have a pass through hole for accommodating a mounting member. The healing abutment assembly is attached to a dental implant impacted in a patient's jawbone by way of the mounting member. | 08-18-2011 |
20110200968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A DENTAL HEALING ABUTMENT - A dental healing abutment assembly having a tubular holder and a plurality of removable nestable shells. Each nestable shell has a proximal end and a distal end open to permit the nesting of the shell with the holder or other nestable shells. The proximal end of each nestable shell is defined by a base plate. The tubular holder and the nestable shells each have a pass through hole for accommodating a mounting member. The healing abutment assembly is attached to a dental implant impacted in a patient's jawbone by way of the mounting member. Furthermore, a system and method are provided for fabricating a permanent abutment by decoding an identifier disposed on the healing abutment. | 08-18-2011 |
20110207082 | Methods and apparatuses for restoring and in-office customizing of dental implant abutments with a dental prosthesis - Methods for providing a dental prosthesis to a mouth or to prepare a mouth for receiving a dental prosthesis include obtaining an impression of an installed implant abutment and the surrounding portion of a mouth. The implant abutment is then removed from the mouth, installed in an additional fixture, and placed in a corresponding region of the impression. The impression is placed over a cavity of a transfer member containing mold material such that the mold material acquires the shape of the impression, and the additional implant fixture is retained in the mold. Modifications can then be performed to the implant abutment within the mold, as the mold approximates the surrounding region of the mouth. The modified implant abutment can then be returned to the mouth, a final impression can be made and a crown, bridge or similar dental prosthesis can be fabricated. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207083 | DENTAL IMPLANT FOR INSERTION INTO A JAWBONE AND FOR FASTENING A TOOTH REPLACEMENT - A dental implant inserted into a jawbone in order to fasten a tooth replacement is characterized by a shape corresponding to two partially overlapping cylinder-like members ( | 08-25-2011 |
20110212414 | METHOD FOR RESTORING MISSING TOOTH AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESTORATIVE MATERIAL - A method of producing a restorative material used to restore a tooth-deficient area in an oral cavity, the method comprising: positioning, in a support carrier, a first cell mass formed from either mesenchymal cells or epithelial cells and a second cell mass formed from the other of the mesenchymal cells or epithelial cells, one of the mesenchymal cells or epithelial cells being derived from a tooth germ and the first and second cell masses being not mixed with each other but made to closely contact each other; culturing the first and second cell masses to form a reconstructed tooth germ or tooth; and confirming directionality of the reconstructed tooth germ or tooth formed by the culturing so as to enable the reconstructed tooth germ or tooth to be embedded in the tooth-deficient area such that a tip of the tooth faces an interior of the oral cavity, the tooth germ or tooth whose directionality has been confirmed being used as a restorative material to obtain an equivalent of a missing tooth in the tooth-deficient area. A method for restoring a tooth-deficient area, the method comprising; embedding the reconstructed tooth germ or tooth obtained by the production method in the tooth-deficient area. | 09-01-2011 |
20110223560 | METHOD OF STORING AND REUSING HARD TISSUE OF TEETH - A method of storing and reusing hard tissue of a tooth. The method includes low-speed freezing and storing the hard tissue of the tooth; low-speed thawing the frozen hard tissue when the stored hard tissue is to be reused; and reusing the hard tissue. Accordingly, the hard tissue of the tooth is barely damaged, and a color thereof is hardly changed in comparison with the tooth before freezing. | 09-15-2011 |
20110229851 | COUPLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COUPLING IN AN IMPLANT SYSTEM - A coupling device for an implant system, for coupling with a corresponding coupling part, wherein the coupling device is provided with at least one wall extending about a central axis, and at least a part of said at least one wall operatively abuts at least one corresponding wall of said corresponding coupling part so that operatively the coupling device and said coupling part are kept in position with respect to one another, wherein a first part of said at least one wall extends approximately parallel, or at a first, relatively small angle, with respect to said central axis, and a second, beveled part of said at least one wall tapers relatively much with respect to said central axis, or at least extends at a second angle with respect to said central axis which is larger than said first angle, so that upon coupling of the coupling device with said coupling part a relatively open space is provided between the second, beveled part and said corresponding coupling part. | 09-22-2011 |
20110236854 | IMPRESSION CAP FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - Impression cap for a dental implant, with a recess ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110236855 | Multi-Colored Shaped Body - The present invention relates to a multi-colored shaped body having layers arranged on top of one another for producing dental restorations, a process for its production and its use for the manufacture of dental restorations. | 09-29-2011 |
20110244423 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - A dental implant that can have a number of manners of being inserted and seated. The dental implant can include an artificial tooth and a base or platform coupled to the tooth. The platform may then have any number of roots projecting there from which can be used to seat the implant in the mouth of a patient. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244424 | Tooth Implant - The invention relates to a multi-part tooth implant with at least a proximal implant part and a distal implant part that are to be connected to each other such that a connection site is obtained when the two implant parts are in the connected state. An annular sealing element is arranged at this connection site and, in the fully assembled state of the tooth implant, is clamped between mutually opposite sealing surfaces, namely a sealing surface of the proximal implant part and a sealing surface of the distal implant part, such that the sealing element has an outer surface portion that forms part of the outer contour of the tooth implant. The two sealing surfaces initially approach each other in a direction oriented outwards from a central longitudinal axis of the tooth implant. The sealing surfaces merge into outer surfaces of the tooth implant at the place where, in the outer contour of the fully assembled tooth implant, a surface portion formed by the sealing element in each case adjoins a surface portion formed by the respective implant part. These outer surfaces move away from each other in the outwardly oriented direction. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244425 | UNIVERSAL HEALING ABUTMENT - Universal dental healing abutments, kits for installing universal dental healing abutments, and methods of installing universal dental healing abutments are disclosed. The universal dental healing abutment may have a circumferential body attachable to a dental implant, and a crown attachable to the body. The body may have an upper section integral with a tapered lower section, and a central opening extending through the body. The kit may have a screw and a universal dental healing abutment. The method of installing may include surgically placing a dental implant into the jaw of a patient, selecting a circumferential body, inserting a tapered lower section of the body within the dental implant, attaching the circumferential body to the dental implant, and attaching a crown to the circumferential body such that the crown is out of occlusion. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244426 | HEALING COMPONENTS FOR USE IN TAKING IMPRESSIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - 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. | 10-06-2011 |
20110256506 | STUMP FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - The present invention relates to a stump for dental implants provided at approximately half of its height with a large disk in horizontal position to favour the balanced stable support of a crown. | 10-20-2011 |
20110262882 | Natural Tooth Replacement (NTR): An Alternative to Tooth Root Canal (RCT) Therapy and Immediate Root-Form Implant Placement Into Extraction Socket - The present invention relates to the method of replacing an infected, broken, decayed tooth that would otherwise require extraction or root canal therapy with a duplicate ceramic tooth implant uncoated or coated with a series of treatments and manufactured for compatibility by obtaining CAT-SCAN images of the tooth prior to extraction or by utilizing typical ‘lost wax’ duplicating technology. The invention give the dentist an alternative to performing a root canal procedure (endodontic procedure) on an infected tooth that presents the problematic and in most cases the impossible task of eliminating all the bacteria from the tooth interior and adjacent bone. The bacteriais problematic in that it causes adjacent implants to fail and thus it is presumed to cause other distal chronic inflammatory diseases if these “foci of infections” are not removed. | 10-27-2011 |
20110269103 | EXPANDABLE IMPLANT - An implant includes a body having a longitudinal axis, at least one expandable portion configured to move between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration, and at least one linearly and non-rotatably movable expander member configured to contact the at least one expandable portions such that linear movement of the expander member moves the expandable portion between the unexpanded configuration and the expanded configuration. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269104 | Method For Pre-Operative Visualization Of Instrumentation Used With A Surgical Guide For Dental Implant Placement - The invention relates to manufacturing a surgical guide to be placed in a patient's mouth. The patient's mouth is scanned to obtain surgical-region scan data at a region where an implant is to be located. The patient's mouth is also scanned in the opened position to acquire dental conditions opposite from the surgical region so as to obtain opposing-condition scan data. A virtual model is developed using the surgical-region scan data and the opposing-condition scan data. Using the virtual model, a surgical plan is developed that includes the location of the implant to be installed in the patient. A virtual surgical guide is also developed based on the surgical plan. The dimensions of instrumentation to be used with the surgical guide are checked to ensure they will fit within the mouth by use of the opposing-condition scan data. After checking, final surgical-guide manufacturing information is obtained for manufacturing the surgical guide. | 11-03-2011 |
20110281235 | COMPONENTS FOR PERMANENT REMOVABLE AND ADJUSTABLE DENTURES AND BRIDGES - A locking cap for dental implants embedded in hard dental tissue, such as tooth stubs or bones. The locking caps are ovoidal in plan view and may be formed of materials, such as non-adherent polymers, that are rigid, but softer than the material of the dental implant. | 11-17-2011 |
20110287382 | METHODS OF MAKING AND USING DENTAL ARTICLES FOR TOOTH IMPLANTS AND PREFORMED DENTAL ARTICLES - Methods of affixing a dental article to a tooth implant are described and preformed dental articles (e.g. suitable for tooth implants) including kits. In some embodiments, the dental article lacks supragingival exterior surfaces and may be characterized as a healing cap. In other embodiments, the dental article comprises supragingival exterior surfaces and may be characterized as a (e.g. temporary or provisional) crown. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287383 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental prosthesis comprises an implant, an abutment and a crown. The implant has distal and proximal portions with the implant proximal portion including distal and proximal segments. The implant proximal segment has an outer surface. The abutment has distal and proximal segments and defines an abutment shoulder therebetween. The abutment shoulder is configured to circumferentially engage the outer surface of the implant proximal segment such that an implant abutment joint is defined therebetween. The crown is configured to be positioned over the abutment and the implant such that the crown covers the implant abutment joint. The implant proximal segment has an annular concave cross-section such that the crown distal end has a rounded shape to reduce the potential for stress cracking of the crown. | 11-24-2011 |
20110300509 | METHOD AND KIT FOR PREPARING A DENTAL ABUTMENT - A method and kit and components thereof for forming an abutment for interfacing a dental prosthesis to a dental implant or duplicate inserted into a patient's jaw or model thereof. An intra-implant element that is or may be bonded to an intra-crown element via a resilient bonding material to form a deformable connection is inserted into the dental implant or duplicate. The intra-crown element is adjusted relative to the intra-implant element to form a model abutment that is properly adjusted to the dental implant or duplicate and is properly positioned to receive a dental prosthesis. The connection is strengthened so that removal of the model abutment and attached dental prosthesis from the dental implant or duplicate does not deform the model abutment, the model abutment and attached dental prosthesis are removed from the dental implant or said duplicate; and the model abutment used to form a permanent abutment. | 12-08-2011 |
20110306014 | Components, Systems and Related Methods for Temporary Prosthetics - An impression coping may include an implant-engaging portion configured for engagement with a dental implant, and a coronal post comprising at least one impression feature configured for embedding in impression material and at least one retention feature configured to matingly engage a corresponding retention feature of a temporary restoration to secure the temporary restoration to the impression coping. | 12-15-2011 |
20110306015 | ABUTMENT EXTENDER FOR ONE PIECE IMPLANT - An abutment extender for use with a one piece implant in a dental implant surgery is disclosed to have a plug member insertable into the top hole of the one piece implant, an extension member located on the top side of the plug member and having a diameter equal to the diameter of the abutment of the one piece implant, a recessed hole located on the top side of the extension member, and a screw inserted into the recessed hole and for threading through the plug member into the abutment of the one piece implant to affix the extension member and the plug member to the one piece implant. | 12-15-2011 |
20110311946 | MUTALLIC DENTAL IMPLANTS AND PROSPHETIC APPLIANCE HAVING COLORED CERAMIC SURFACES - The present invention provides a dental, oral or maxillofacial implant, implant component and any other prosthetic appliance having an oxide ceramic coating on a metal surface. The oxide ceramic coating is preferably colored similar to the color of the surrounding tissues (e.g. similar to the color of bone, teeth or of mucosa). The oxide ceramic coating may comprise any oxidizable metal. Preferably, the oxide ceramic coating comprises zirconium or a zirconium alloy. The oxide coating is of a thickness that exhibits the desired color. Preferably the oxide ceramic coating is at least 20, 30, 50, 75, 100, 120 or more μm thick. The prosthetic implant appliances of the invention may be an abutment, ball attachment, bar, telescopic component or other implant components (e.g. magnetic attachments), or the implant itself trespassing the mucosa. The prosthetic appliances may be used for implant reconstructions. Furthermore, they may be used for making tooth-borne reconstructions like esthetic root posts, crowns/bridges and removable reconstructions. They may also be used for extraoral applications like implant-retained prostheses or hearing aids, or other maxillofacial applications. The dental, oral or maxillofacial implants, abutments or the prosthetic appliances combine the excellent esthetics and good biocompatibility of ceramics with the advantageous mechanical properties of metals. The invention also provides a method of making dental, oral or maxillofacial implant, implant component or a prosthetic device by oxidizing the surface of the metal., as well as the products made thereby. | 12-22-2011 |
20120045736 | ANCHORING IMPLANT - An implant includes a collar configured for disposal within tissue. The collar defines an axial bore. A shaft extends between a first end and a second end. The shaft is configured for disposal with the bore of the collar. A base defines an axial bore having an inner surface configured for engagement with the shaft such that the base is axially movable relative to the shaft. At least one arm extends between the collar and the base. The at least one arm is movable via axial movement of the base relative to the shaft between a first position and a second position such that the at least one arm is expanded in a configuration to engage tissue. Methods of use are also disclosed. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058449 | Machined overdenture bar - Overdenture bars secured to a portion of a jaw bone provide a mounting platform for dental prosthetics. One method to form an overdenture bar includes obtaining a digital image of a portion of a mouth, transferring the image to a computer and forming a three dimensional image of the portion. A virtual overdenture bar is designed to terminate at opposing first and second distal ends and have a first thickness defined by opposing first and second surfaces. The overdenture bar has an extension projecting from at least one distal end adjacent the second surface. Each extension has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. A socket extends through each extension for engagement with the dental prosthetic. A digital file of the virtual overdenture bar is transferred to a number controlled machine and the overdenture bar and extensions machined from a single piece of stock material. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058450 | OSTEOINTEGRATIVE INTERFACE - Dental implant with biomimetic osteointegrative interface has a substrate of biocompatible material with a first layer thereon, having a first concentration of oxide of the biocompatible material, enriched with a second concentration of phosphorus and with a third concentration of calcium. The ratio between the concentration of calcium and the concentration of phosphorus is greater than two and the biomimetic osteointegrative interface further comprising a second layer having a first surface in contact with the first layer, and a second surface, the second layer having a fourth concentration of oxide enriched with a fifth concentration of calcium and a sixth concentration of phosphorus, the fourth concentration being less than the fifth and sixth concentrations and the ratio between the fifth concentration of calcium and the sixth concentration of phosphorus being no less than three. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058451 | DENTAL SECURING MECHANISM WITH TAPER SEAL - A method comprises attaching an abutment to an implant body so as to form a seal and cover the implant body, the implant body having a top portion with an external tapered surface and a bottom portion secured within a jaw bone of a patient. The abutment has a top portion adapted to secure a prosthetic component and a bottom portion adapted to be positioned below a gumline of the patient. The bottom portion of the abutment is shaped to attach to and fit over the implant body. The bottom portion of the abutment has a cavity with an internal tapered surface. The internal tapered surface of the abutment and the external tapered surface of the implant body form a Morse taper. | 03-08-2012 |
20120064485 | Fabrication And Installation Of A Dental Implant - A dental implant and a method and system for fabricating and installing the dental implant are provided. The dental implant comprises an implant member for insertion into a periodontal bone socket, and an anchoring assembly. The anchoring assembly is positioned within a hollow axial cavity of the implant member. The anchoring assembly comprises a fastening element and radial and equidistant cylindrical members. The fastening element engages the implant member within the hollow axial cavity. The cylindrical members are positioned proximal to the implant member's root section. The root section comprises through-holes for radially and forcibly sliding the cylindrical members through them. Each of the cylindrical members comprises a first end interfacing with the fastening element, and a second end interfacing against a periodontal bone socket surface. When the fastening element apically advances within the hollow axial cavity, the cylindrical members generate an anchoring force to anchor the dental implant. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064486 | Dental abutment with a force transducer interfacing with a nerve - The presently disclosed subject matter has application in the fields of Medicine, Neurology, Stomatology, Dentistry, Maxillofacial Surgery and Gerontology, using electronics nanotechnology and biomechanics technologies. The disclosed subject matter includes a bionic device of transduction of the mastication pressure into an electrical stimulus, capable of being perceived by the organism in the form of a nociceptive stimulus, which triggers in the organism an appropriate motor response of defense or decrease of muscle contraction. A generating device of nociceptive stimulus able to stimulate the brain areas related to chewing can be provided, modulating the muscular response thus avoiding the problems of overload during the process of mastication or while sleeping, involuntary movements called parafunctions of mastication, which translates to sharply wear down the dental crowns, also called bruxism. An exemplary embodiment can includes a driver, interface with the nervous structures, prosthetic abutment, and processing device and force transducer. | 03-15-2012 |
20120077149 | Dental Implant System - The invention relates to a dental implant system comprising a dental implant ( | 03-29-2012 |
20120077150 | DENTAL ABUTMENT SYSTEM - A dental implant screw for holding an abutment on a dental implant includes a head and a shaft. A proximal end of the shaft is coupled to the head. The shaft includes a threaded section, an outwardly tapered section leading into a recessed section, and a stop section directly between the outwardly tapered section and the recessed section. The recessed section is directly between the head and the stop section. The threaded section is directly adjacent a distal end of the shaft and is configured to engage threads of an internally threaded bore in the dental implant to hold the abutment on the dental implant. | 03-29-2012 |
20120082956 | DENTAL IMPLANTS - A dental implant has a dental implant fixture with a fitting hole at the oral cavity-side end, and an abutment with a fitting portion at one end which is to be fitted, not to be rotatable, in the fitting hole in the dental implant fixture. | 04-05-2012 |
20120088208 | Method for Defining a Dental Framework Design Volume - An improved method of a dental framework design and manufacturing, incorporating a dental framework design volume to eliminate framework or denture teeth modification post framework manufacturing. | 04-12-2012 |
20120094253 | DENTURE STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A removable denture system comprising a personalized support beam fixedly attached to an individual's alveolar ridge above the mucous membrane by a plurality of dental implants; a personalized denture conforming with dental parameters of the individual and having fixedly integrated within a bottom surface thereof a super-structure having a cross-section conforming with that of the support beam; and a denture locking arrangement for securely locking and unlocking the denture to the support beam, at substantial zero tolerance therebetween, and wherein one of the support beam and the super-structure is configured with one or more positioning grooves extending parallel to a path of insert (POI) of the denture, and the other of the support beam and the super-structure is configured with corresponding one or more laterally projecting positioning projections, each extending in register with a corresponding positioning grove and configured for snug sliding there within. | 04-19-2012 |
20120094254 | IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR SINUS LIFT AND LATERAL RIDGE AUGMENTATION - Apparatus is provided that includes a dental implant having a lateral external surface. The implant is shaped so as to define a lumen therethrough having a lateral opening through the lateral external surface. The apparatus further includes a retaining element, and a delivery tube having a distal tube end. The retaining element is configured to assume (a) a first position in which the retaining element removably couples the distal tube end to the implant such that the delivery tube is in fluid communication with the lumen via the lateral opening, and (b) a second position in which the retaining element does not couple the distal tube end to the implant. Other embodiments are also described. | 04-19-2012 |
20120100502 | FLATBED DENTAL IMPLANT - The present invention is a flatbed dental implant to be utilized by a patient that includes a horizontal plate with a planar base with a thickness that has an elongated oval shape with a centered aperture and a perimeter with a thickness and a generally cylindrical body that is extended through the centered aperture of the horizontal plate forming a top portion and a bottom portion above the horizontal plate. The flatbed dental implant is a subcortical flatbed implant relevant to the patient's inferior alveolar nerve or the flatbed dental implant is a subcortical flatbed implant relevant to said patient's sinuses. | 04-26-2012 |
20120107773 | Fiber Abutment Material and Structure of Dental Implant - A fiber abutment material and structure of dental implant includes: a fiber resin abutment equipped with plural fiber center shafts, such as glass fiber center shaft, carbon fiber center shaft, quartz optical fiber center shaft, or glass fiber optics center shaft, in which the single, dual-layer or multi-layer fiber multiply enhances the intensity, and the fiber resin abutment with grind ability is easily modified on-site for the dentist, is equipped with considerable fibers with tensile strength higher than that of titanium or zirconia (ceramic), because of the fiber structure elasticity similar to natural tooth to be shock absorbed, to prevent the bone from hurting and decrease the damage to the base. | 05-03-2012 |
20120107774 | ZIRCONIUM OXIDE-BASED DENTAL IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant for a patient includes an anchoring part to anchor the dental implant in the bone and an abutment that is designed for fixation of a crown or similar supraconstruction and is or can be connected to the anchoring part. The anchoring part and the abutment are manufactured on a zirconium-oxide basis. The anchoring part and the abutment have special sections corresponding to the individual dimensions of the patient's bone and/or gums, said sections comprising a roughened surface designed to promote bone fusion. The special sections are produced on the green compact before the latter is finally sintered. | 05-03-2012 |
20120115105 | GINGIVA FORMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DESIGN OF A GINGIVA FORMER - The invention relates to a gingiva former ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120122056 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant, in which a crown made of zirconia is coupled and joined to an abutment by first and second joining holes that are concentrically formed in the crown and the abutment and a joining pin that is inserted into the first and second joining holes. Thus, the crown can be fixed to the abutment through simple structure and method which prevents a separation of the crown from the abutment after fixing. The crown can be easily removed by removing the joining pin without damage to the crown. A housing is mounted inside the first joining hole of the crown and the housing is screw-coupled with the joining pin or the joining pin is fixed by a magnetic force to thereby prevent a separation of the joining pin. | 05-17-2012 |
20120129131 | MEDICAL IMPLANT II - Medical implant at least partially consisting of a polymer, where:
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20120129132 | Expandable Bone Implant - An expendable bone implant has a first member with a coronal end portion configured for supporting a prosthesis. A second member is at least partially porous, engages the first member, and is configured to expand outwardly upon a longitudinal force being applied to at least one of the first and second members. This anchors the implant in bone before mastication forces are applied to the implant. | 05-24-2012 |
20120129133 | IMPLANT PELLETS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING BONE AUGMENTATION AND PRESERVATION - Embodiments described herein are related to pellets that are placed within an extraction site that is in need of bone augmentation and preservation. The pellets are typically cylindrical in shape and comprise a material and a polymer coating. The goal of the pellets are to encourage sufficient new bone growth that jaw bone deterioration is prevented. The pellets create, arrange, and assemble an ideal growth environment for new bone growth to rapidly grow and preserve the original contours of an individual's jaw bone. | 05-24-2012 |
20120135379 | ALVEOLAR BONE GRAFT PROCESSING METHOD AND ALVEOLAR BONE GRAFT THEREFROM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT USING ALVEOLAR BONE GRAFT - The present invention discloses an alveolar bone graft, a processing method thereof, and a method of treatment using the same. The processing method of the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) separating the tooth gathered from a patient into a crown and a root; (b) removing soft tissues and enamels within neurons of the crown and the root; (c) washing the crown and the root taken in step (b); (d) forming a number of holes in the washed crown and the root; (e) dewatering, degreasing and decalcifying the crown and the root having a number of holes; and (f) freeze-drying the crown and the root. The present invention allows the safety of an implant operation to be improved; and a metastasis of infectious diseases of allograft, xeno (animal) graft to be prevented by using the patient's own tooth. Also, the present invention allows an autogenous bone graft to be possible without additional operations. | 05-31-2012 |
20120148982 | Oral Implant Placement System and Method - An oral implant system and method. The system includes a positioning tool, a transfer band, a transfer screw, and a transfer drill to provide for accurate placement of a dental implant parallel to other implants and or existing teeth and at predetermined depths. A model is made of the patient's maxilla and mandible. The model is marked for implant position, depth and size. Holes are drilled in the model for implant analogs using the positioning tool. The analogs are installed into the model using the positioning tool and a surveyor. Transfer bands are coupled to the analogs and a surgical stent portion is fabricated. The surgical stent is fitted to the patient's occlusion, secured, and then utilized to accurately drill apertures into the patient's maxilla or mandible. The implants are installed into the apertures and the surgical stent is removed. A final restoration is secured to the implants. | 06-14-2012 |
20120156644 | BONE AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A bone augmentation device includes at least one axial member defining a longitudinal axis and a plurality of transverse members. Each transverse member extends from a first end, removably connected to the at least one axial member to a second end configured for fixation with bone. The transverse members are spaced apart and disposed along the longitudinal axis. The at least one axial member and the transverse members are disposed in a configuration to define a bone graft cavity. Methods of use are also disclosed. | 06-21-2012 |
20120156645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF PERI-IMPLANT INFECTION - A system, method and device design to prevent, treat and maintain dental periimplant infections including a dental implant to be inserted into a jawbone of a patient that includes a base segment provided at one distal end of the implant which is configured to be put inside and come in contact with the jawbone, an abutment portion provided on an end opposite to the one distal end of the implant to which an artificial tooth is configured to be attached, and a plurality of removable segments which are configured to be put inside and come in contact with the jawbone and are removably attached to the base segment. If an infection is diagnosed around an implant site, infected removable segments can be extracted while maintaining positioning of the uninfected removable segments and the base segment. The infected removable segments are replaced with cleaned or sterilized removable segments. | 06-21-2012 |
20120164599 | DENTAL FIXTURE, A DENTAL COMPONENT AND A DENTAL IMPLANT ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a dental fixture for insertion into a jawbone, said fixture comprising a holding portion which is arranged and configured for holding an engagement portion of a dental component, the holding portion being provided with an indexing section, wherein the shape of the mating contour of the indexing section in a first plane differ from the shape of the mating contour of the indexing section in a second plane being taken at a different height as seen in the apical-coronal extension of said fixture, and wherein the shapes of the mating contours of the indexing section at said first and second planes together allow a received dental component to be positioned in only one or two positions in relation to the fixture. The present invention also relates to a corresponding dental component and to dental implant assemblies. | 06-28-2012 |
20120164600 | SCREW HEAD - Fastening system including a screw component ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120164601 | Prosthetic Attachment - Improved prosthetic attachment ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120164602 | ABUTMENT FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - An abutment ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120171639 | DENTAL BRIDGE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a removable bridge system for attachment to a plurality of dental implants, including a plurality of abutments, each including a seat portion conforming with a shape of a corresponding implant head and allowing fixedly positioning of the abutment to the implant, and an abutment head. At least one of the abutments is configured as a locking abutment and includes a locking portion. A bridge generally conforming with dental parameters of the individual has a bottom surface formed with a receiving apertures shaped so as to snugly fit over a corresponding abutment head. The bridge further includes a locking arrangement for removably locking the bridge to the abutments, and including one or more locks for detachable locking to a respective at least one locking abutment. | 07-05-2012 |
20120178047 | CERAMIC/METALLIC DENTAL ABUTMENT - A ceramic/metallic dental abutment for use with an implant, the abutment generally including a ceramic body portion having a base region, a transgingival region, and a supragingival region. The base region includes an anti-rotational implant interface, such as an external polygonal fitting, for engaging a cooperating internal polygonal fitting of an implant to prevent relative rotation between the abutment and the implant. The ceramic abutment body portion additionally includes a metal implant contact portion for contacting the implant and providing a load-bearing, metal-on-metal interface between the abutment and the implant. | 07-12-2012 |
20120183923 | DENTAL IMPLANT AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD OF DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant is made of a mono metal body from inside to outermost surface of the implant, and the implant surface has macro pores having an inner diameter with the level of several tens of μm, micro pores having an inner diameter of 1 to 2 μm, and nano discharge craters having an inner diameter with the level of several tens of nm. A surface treatment method of the implant includes steps of producing macro pores having an inner diameter with the level of several tens of μm by blast processing, producing micro pores having an inner diameter of 1 to 2 μm by acid treatment, and producing nano discharge craters having an inner diameter with the level of several tens of nm by anodic oxidation treatment. | 07-19-2012 |
20120189981 | Method For Manufacturing Dental Implant Components - 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. The model is scanned. 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. | 07-26-2012 |
20120189982 | Method For Manufacturing Dental Implant Components - 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. The model is scanned. 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. | 07-26-2012 |
20120189983 | Calcium aluminate based paste for stabilizing dental implants and restoring tissue attachment after surgery and methods therefore - The present invention relates to a calcium aluminate based paste forming a chemically bonded biomaterial on hydration thereof for in vivo anchoring of new implants, or stabilizing of existing implants in situ to an adjacent bone tissue, which paste provides a controlled pH value and temperature as well as initial hardening time. By virtue of the pH value and temperature the paste exhibits antibacterial and/or bacteriostatic properties. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing implants to be implanted wherein the implant is coated with the paste, a method of implanting a coated implant, as well as methods of preventing and treating implant related conditions, such as periimplantitis, and a kit for preparing the paste. The invention is especially intended for re-stabilization of dental implants, and implantation into low quality bone tissue. | 07-26-2012 |
20120196248 | ARTIFICIAL TOOTH ROOT - An artificial tooth root includes a root body adapted to be embedded in a jawbone, and a nano-structure layer having a base portion disposed on the root body, and a plurality of separated nanodots that are formed on the base portion and that protrude from the base portion oppositely of the root body. | 08-02-2012 |
20120196249 | DENTAL TEMPORARY SUPERSTRUCTURES AND MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND CORRESPONDING METHODS - A dental material, a dental mixture or a dental multi-component system for making the material of or core for a temporary superstructure for a dental implant by polymerization hardening, consisting of one, two or a plurality of polymerizable (meth)acrylates, and optionally further constituents. The dental material, the dental mixture or the multi-component system is hardenable to a product, and the maximum compressive modulus is 420 MPa, and is used in therapeutic treatments for accelerating the osseointegration of dental implants, in particular according to the method of progressive bone loading. Also described are temporary superstructures and cores themselves, and a temporary dental prosthesis, a kit for making a plurality of temporary superstructures for a dental implant or a plurality of cores for temporary superstructures for a dental implant. A corresponding method of preparing a temporary superstructure or a core is also described. | 08-02-2012 |
20120202169 | IMPLANT BITE REGISTRATION JIG AND BITE IMPRESSION FABRICATION METHOD USING THE JIG - An implant bite registration jig includes a coupling portion configured to produce a clear impression in bite impression material; a connecting portion that connects the implant jig with a fixture embedded in a patient's gums; and a body that is formed between the coupling portion and the connecting portion. The implant bite registration jig is positioned in an embedded fixture and a bite impression is taken. Reference marks are formed in the bite impression material by the registration jig, which permit accurate location of the fixture. This makes it possible to simultaneously take a dental impression and a bite impression in an implant operation, similar to a natural teeth operation, such that it is possible to reduce the cost and time for manufacturing a prosthesis. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202170 | DENTAL IMPLANT ARTICLES AND METHODS - Presently described are dental implant articles, including kits, methods of making dental implant articles and methods of use. The dental implant articles ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120208148 | DRUG ALLUDING DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant has an implant body that releases drug(s) to the patient. In some embodiments, the dental implant body may be coated with drugs, such as anti-inflammatory drugs and/or anti-infective/antibiotic drugs. The drugs may be formulated in a time released or extended released formulation so as to deliver the drugs over an extended period of time. The drugs may be formulated to not only slowly deliver the drug substance, but to also provide a drug substance that may be delivered locally, with minimal systemic drug perfusion. The drug alluding implants of the present invention may help reduce or eliminated complications related to dental implant surgery. | 08-16-2012 |
20120214128 | Porous Implant Device for Supporting a Denture - A dental implant device has an implant portion for being placed in a bore in bone. The implant portion has a coronal end portion and a porous metal portion. A metal coupling has a coronal end configured for connection to a denture support piece. The coupling also has an apical end integrally formed with the coronal end and engaging the porous metal portion. In one form, the coupling is attached to the porous metal portion in a threaded connection so that the coupling is removable from the porous portion without significantly damaging the porous metal portion sufficiently to re-engage another metal coupling. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214129 | CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN A TOOTH PROSTHESIS AND AN IMPLANT POST - In a connecting arrangement between a tooth prosthesis crown and a head of an implant post between which an intermediate element is arranged engaging both the crown and the implant post head, the intermediate element consist of a spring elastic metal material with inner circumferential segments which elastically project into openings formed in an upper region of the implant post head and outer circumferential segments which elastically project into openings formed in the crown. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214130 | ABUTMENT AND ABUTMENT SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH IMPLANTS - An abutment for supporting a prosthesis relative to an implant includes an implant engaging portion configured to engage with a dental implant and a component supporting portion having a key feature on an external surface portion thereof. The key feature is configured to provide keyed mating engagement with a complimentary key feature on a component to be engaged with the abutment. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214131 | DENTAL JAW IMPLANT TO AFFIX DENTURES - A dental jaw implant for supporting at least one of a replacement tooth neck and a crown portion includes a monolithic implant body comprising an ingrowth section comprising an ingrowth structure configured to grow together with a patient's jaw bone. An insertion opening is arranged at a coronal axial end. The insertion opening is configured to have at least one of a replacement tooth neck and a crown portion be inserted therein. A female thread adjoins the insertion opening. The female thread is configured to thread a replacement tooth retaining element. The replacement tooth retaining element is configured to retain the at least one of the replacement tooth neck and the crown portion. An outer cone is arranged at the coronal axial end. The outer cone tapers towards a non-coronal end. A radial step comprises an annular surface substantially disposed in a radial plane. The annular surface is arranged between the outer cone and the ingrowth section. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214132 | DENTAL IMPLANT ABUTMENT MADE OF TITANIUM - To provide a dental implant abutment made of titanium, which is mounted on the intraoral side of a dental implant fixture embedded in a jawbone and coming to be an artificial tooth root, penetrates through gingiva, and comes to be a base of an upper structure. The dental implant abutment does not remarkably impair aesthetic property even when the intraoral portion of the dental implant abutment is seen through gingiva. The surface of the dental implant abutment made of titanium is colored to have the value of L* within a range from 40 to 44, the value of a* within a range from 21 to 40 and the value of b* within a range from −20 to 10, which are represented by L*a*b* color system. | 08-23-2012 |
20120231418 | Dental Implant System and Method of Use - A dental implant system includes an implant having a well, an abutment having a post shaped to be received in the well, and a collar modifiable to the gingival anatomy and the tooth restoration anatomy. Both the implant and the abutment are made from a millable ceramic, and the abutment post and/or the implant well have grooves carved therein. In one embodiment, the implant and the abutment are joined one to the other with a retentive elastomeric product containing micro-bubbles and/or micro-spacers. The dental implant system may be produced using a computer-readable medium containing instructions for analyzing surface data and X-ray data, for developing contour data of the implant and of the abutment according to the anatomy of the patient, and for generating machine instruction for milling the implant and the abutment from blocks of the millable ceramic. | 09-13-2012 |
20120244498 | FORMABLE RESORBABLE BIOMATERIAL INTERFACE FOR DENTAL IMPLANT DEVICES - A method is provided for forming a three-dimensional resorbable product contoured to a bone defect in a mandible or maxilla. The product is also provided. At least one surface of a resorbable biomaterial element is textured to allow the element to be bent and formed into a three-dimensional shape that conforms to the shape of the bone defect. Texturing includes forming a plurality of pores or grooves in the element. Grooves are formed in at least one direction, in at least one surface of the element, and are formed to a depth sufficient to allow the element to be bent at the grooves. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244499 | Forrest Sponge Aided Sinus Membrane Lift Technique - The technical considerations of my invention are the use of medical grade polyurethane foam in sinus membrane surgery by a dentist, physician, or a veterinarian, as a non-cutting surgical instrument. The invention is use of various shapes to do the job of cutting loose the sinus membrane from the sinus floor and sinus walls, surgery is made safer and simpler. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the claims rather than the foregoing description. Furthermore the present invention may be utilized in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics. The forms and shapes and various components are merely exemplary and can be varied and still fall within the scope of the invention. The scope of the invention will be determined only by the claims. | 09-27-2012 |
20120251976 | TWO-PART DENTAL IMPLANT - A two-part dental implant includes distal and proximal stem portions which in an interconnected condition at least indirectly adjoin each other at a connecting location and have mutually facing surfaces in the region of the connecting location. A sealing body is provided between the mutually facing surfaces of the distal and proximal stem portions. The sealing body has sealing surfaces which face towards the mutually facing surfaces and which in the interconnected condition of the two stem portions bear sealingly against the mutually facing surfaces thereof. In addition, mutually facing abutment surfaces are provided between the distal and proximal stem portions. These mutually facing abutment surfaces bear against each other in the final assembled dental implant and limit the degree of approach of the two mutually facing surfaces of the stem portions between which the sealing body is arranged. | 10-04-2012 |
20120258427 | DENTAL ABUTMENT INCLUDING FILLET - Exemplary embodiments relate to a dental abutment and methods of forming the same. The abutment may include a head portion located at an upper end of the abutment and constructed to support a prosthetic tooth replacement and soft tissue adjacent the head portion, an anti-rotation feature located at a lower end of the abutment and constructed to mate with a dental implant, and a fillet located at an interface between the head portion and the anti-rotation feature. The fillet may reduce a risk of fracture at the interface between the head portion and the anti-rotation feature. In some examples, the abutment may be formed at least partially of a ceramic material. | 10-11-2012 |
20120264081 | HEALING ABUTMENT SYSTEM FOR BONE CONTOURING - 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. | 10-18-2012 |
20120270179 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A PATIENT-SPECIFIC DENTAL FIXTURE-MATING ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method of providing a patient-specific dental fixture-mating arrangement, such as a dental abutment. According to the method, an arrangement is provided which can only be arranged in one rotational position with respect to a fixture in the jawbone of a patient. The arrangement is designed based on the orientation and inclination of the fixture relative to the jawbone. The invention also relates to a dental implant arrangement, comprising a dental fixture and a final dental restoration having mating indexing means. | 10-25-2012 |
20120270180 | SET OF DENTAL COMPONENTS - According to an aspect of the invention, in a set of male dental components, such as abutment screws, each male dental component has a threaded portion with different core diameter. Each male dental component is to be connected to a mating female dental component, such as an abutment. The smaller core diameter a threaded portion has, the higher friction is provided when the male dental component is finally tightened to its mating female dental component, even though the same insertion torque is applied to all male dental components. | 10-25-2012 |
20120276501 | DISPOSABLE OSTEOGENESIS AND OSSEOINTEGRATION PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE DEVICE FOR ENDOSSEOUS IMPLANTS - A disposable osteogenesis and osseointegration promotion and maintenance device that includes : a dental abutment; a stimulation circuit positioned within a space defined at least partially by the dental abutment; and at least one externally disposed electrode that is spaced apart from a dental implant that is connected to the dental abutment; wherein each electrically disposed electrode is connected to an electrical component selected from a group consisting of a battery and a stimulation circuit | 11-01-2012 |
20120288824 | DENTAL IMPLANT - The invention relates to a dental implant configured to be anchored in a jawbone for supporting a dental prosthesis. | 11-15-2012 |
20120288825 | ABUTMENT FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - The invention relates to an abutment for connecting a dental prosthesis to a dental implant, the abutment comprising a body portion for supporting the dental prosthesis and a contact surface apical to said body portion for contacting the dental implant. | 11-15-2012 |
20120295223 | TEMPORARY ABUTMENT WITH COMBINATION OF SCANNING FEATURES AND PROVISIONALIZATION FEATURES - A lower region of a temporary abutment includes an anti-rotational feature for non-rotationally mating with a dental implant. An upper region of the temporary abutment includes a first anti-rotational structure and at least one retention groove. A top surface of the temporary abutment includes one or more informational markers that provide information concerning the dental implant. A temporary abutment cap is configured to be coupled to the upper region of the temporary abutment. The temporary abutment cap has at least one projection configured to mate with the at least one retention groove of the temporary abutment. The temporary abutment cap has a second anti-rotational structure that is configured to slidably engage the first anti-rotational structure of the temporary abutment. The temporary abutment cap is configured to be coupled with a temporary prosthesis such that the temporary prosthesis and the temporary abutment cap are removable from the temporary abutment. | 11-22-2012 |
20120308960 | DENTAL ABUTMENT - To provide a dental abutment having an embedded part embedded into an embedding hole of a block and fixed in the embedding hole. An uniform gap for a dental adhesive can be formed along an approximately entire circumference between an outer peripheral surface of the embedded part and an inner surface of the embedding hole. The dental abutment includes a gingiva contact part | 12-06-2012 |
20120315599 | FIXED DETACHABLE DENTAL ATTACHMENT DEVICE, ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A fixed, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration | 12-13-2012 |
20120322030 | MODULAR ABUTMENT SYSTEM FOR TILTED DENTAL IMPLANTS - A modular abutment system for offsetting an angle of tilted dental implants in a manner preserving structural stability of restoration components throughout the life of the restoration. A specialized deployment tool configurable to enable a practitioner to utilize available workspace during deployment. | 12-20-2012 |
20130004915 | System and Method fo Dental Implant and Interface to Abutment For Restoration - A dental assembly for vertical attachment of an implant to a dental abutment for restorative dental procedures is disclosed. The implant includes a cylindrical body having an interior bore formed between a distal end and a proximal end. An abutment interface is formed on the proximal end of the cylindrical body. The interface includes a radial annular interior surface and a flat annular stop surface circumferentially bordering the interior bore. The assembly also includes an abutment including a stem and a post coupled to the stem. An interior bore is formed through the stem and the post. The abutment includes an interface section between the post and the stem. The interface section may include an annular radially curved exterior surface proximate to the post. The radially curved exterior surface and the circular flat surface interfaces with the abutment interface of the dental implant. | 01-03-2013 |
20130004916 | Dental Implant and Abutment Tools - A dental restoration system is disclosed including an implant for attachment to a jaw bone of a patient. The implant includes a cylindrical body having an interior bore formed between a distal end and a proximal end. An abutment includes an interior bore formed through the stem and the post and an interface section interfacing with the abutment interface of the dental implant. An abutment removal insert has a cylindrical end insertable into a groove formed in the interior bore of the abutment. An abutment removal tool screw is insertable within the abutment removal insert. The abutment removal tool screw includes a grip and an opposite end. The opposite end causes the abutment removal insert to contact the abutment. The grip is rotatable to cause the opposite end to create force against the implant to cause the abutment to be detached from the implant. | 01-03-2013 |
20130004917 | AFFIXING AN ARTIFICIAL ELEMENT TO A SURFACE OF DENTINE, ENAMEL, BONE, OR A CORRESPONDING SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL - In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a medical method of affixing an element to a surface of dentine, tooth enamel, bone tissue, or corresponding substitute material is provided, the method comprising the steps of:
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20130004918 | FLUTED OSTEOTOME AND SURGICAL METHOD FOR USE - A surgical method and tool for expanding an initial osteotomy ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130011811 | IMPLANT ENDO-OSSEUX ET PROCEDE DE SA FABRICATION - An endosseous implant, in particular for an implantation in a periodontal tissue, the implant: a) being made of a sintered ceramic material; b) including a surface capable of being implanted in a recipient tissue; and c) the surface including a raised texture analogous to the texture of the surface of the recipient tissue. An advantageous method for manufacturing such an implant is disclosed. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011812 | DENTAL RETENTION SYSTEMS - Dental retention systems which facilitate the adjustment or removal of an oral appliance, e.g., a crown or bridge, from a reconfigurable abutment assembly are described. The adjustable abutment assembly may be secured to an anchoring implant bored into the bones within the mouth. The abutment assembly has a projecting abutment portion with one or more shape memory alloy compression plates or elements extending along the projecting abutment portion. Each of the plates has a length with one or more straightened portions and with at least one curved or arcuate portion. Energy may be applied to the elements such that the arcuate portion self-flattens to allow for the oral appliance to be placed thereupon while removal of the energy allows the elements to reconfigure into its curved configuration thereby locking the oral appliance to the abutment. Removal of the oral appliance may be effected by reapplication of energy to the elements. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011813 | PROSTHESIS FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - The invention relates to a prosthesis for dental implants housing therein a metal structure ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130017511 | IMPLANT FIXTUREAANM Kashiwabara; TatekiAACI Kakamigahara-shiAACO JPAAGP Kashiwabara; Tateki Kakamigahara-shi JPAANM Goto; TetsuroAACI Kakamigahara-shiAACO JPAAGP Goto; Tetsuro Kakamigahara-shi JPAANM Deguchi; MikitoAACI Kyoto-shiAACO JPAAGP Deguchi; Mikito Kyoto-shi JPAANM Yoshimoto; RyuichiAACI Kyoto-shiAACO JPAAGP Yoshimoto; Ryuichi Kyoto-shi JPAANM Hori; KojiAACI Kyoto-shiAACO JPAAGP Hori; Koji Kyoto-shi JPAANM Ito; MichioAACI NaganoAACO JPAAGP Ito; Michio Nagano JP - An implant fixture is made from ceramics containing zirconia. The implant fixture has monoclinic percentage of 1 volume % or less. The implant fixture includes a buried portion having an arithmetic average roughness Ra in the range of 1 to 5 μm. The zirconia content accounts for 86 mass % or more in the implant fixture. The implant fixture contains alumina and/or yttria. Further, the implant fixture has a sintered grain size of 0.45 μm or less. | 01-17-2013 |
20130022941 | DENTAL IMPLANT ABUTMENT PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE CONNECTING ELEMENT - This invention refers to a dental implant abutment provided with at least one connecting element suitable to join to each other at least two dental implants | 01-24-2013 |
20130034831 | DENTURE ATTACHMENT - A magnetic device includes a cylindrical portion and a flange portion. The cylindrical portion is mounted with a cylindrical shaped flexible sleeve. The sleeve is axially longer than the cylindrical portion and includes an outer peripheral concavo-convex portion. When one end of the sleeve is abutted on a flange portion, the other end of the sleeve is projected above an attractive surface to form a keeper housing recess. The sleeve is relatively moved in an axial direction of the magnetic device to be inserted into and removed from a top end of the cylindrical portion. The magnetic device is used under condition the sleeve is fitted, an outer side surface of the magnetic device including the outer peripheral concavo-convex portion of the sleeve and the flange portion abutted on the one end of the sleeve is embedded in a denture base, and the keeper housing recess is exposed. | 02-07-2013 |
20130034832 | Method for Manufacturing Dental Implant and Dental Implant - A dental implant comprises a titanium member composed of a sintered body made from titanium or titanium alloy; and a ceramic member composed of oxide-based ceramic, and the ceramic member fixed to the titanium member. The titanium member has a recess, and the ceramic member has a protrusion coupled to the recess and pores, and the titanium member covers the protrusion of the ceramic member. The protrusion has a cross-sectional area increasing portion whose cross-sectional area increases toward a dead-end portion of the recess in a direction away from a base end of the protrusion. The titanium member is firmly fixed and joined to the ceramic member in a state that a part of the titanium or the titanium alloy is penetrated into the pores of the protrusion of the ceramic member. | 02-07-2013 |
20130045461 | METHOD FOR PREPARING AN IMPLANT SITE AND LATERALLY INSERTING A DENTAL IMPLANT - A method of positioning a dental implant in a jaw bone using a piezoelectric cutting tool is provided. Ultrasonic vibration is generated with the piezoelectric cutting tool. The piezoelectric cutting tool is translated in a lateral direction to form a first cut into the jaw bone and to form a second cut into the jaw bone. The second cut intersects the first cut to define a multi-slotted aperture in the jaw bone for receiving at least one dental implant. The dental implant is inserted in the multi-slotted aperture from the lateral direction. | 02-21-2013 |
20130071813 | DEVICE FOR DETACHMENT AND EXPLANTATION OF BONE IMPLANTS - A device for detachment and explantation of bone implants, in particular tooth implants, from their connection to the bone tissue comprises a unit having an elongated handle ( | 03-21-2013 |
20130095451 | Dental Implant System - Dental implant system for mounting a dental superstructure is disclosed. Enossal, gingival, transgingival sections plus implant head are integrated into a single-piece implant body. The enossal and gingival sections have geometries derived from diagnostic patient data and, thus, correspond geometrically precisely to the shape of the patient's jawbone and the drilled implant cavity, completely filling those portions of the cavity. The superstructure covers the entire surface of the implant head, filling out the rest of the cavity. The surface structure of the dental implant has no gaps in it and portions of it are textured so as to facilitate complete fusing of tissue to implant, thereby preventing formation of gum pockets. Sections of the dental implant are rotationally asymmetrical, so as to ensure proper location of the implant in the cavity and prevent rotation. The construction of the implant also prevents the occurrence of micro-movements. | 04-18-2013 |
20130101960 | CONNECTION OF A PROSTHESIS STRUCTURE WITH AN IMPLANT STRUCTURE - A connection device for connecting a prosthesis structure with an implant structure comprises a holding shell and a retention insert. The retention insert comprises an end side and a substantially ring-shaped retention rim projecting therefrom. The holding shell comprises an end side and a substantially ring-shaped holding rim projecting therefrom. The holding rim and the end side of the holding shell form a retainer in which the retention insert can be arranged such that an outer surface of the retention rim is adjacent to an inner surface of the holding rim. Moreover, the outer surface of the retention rim is at least partly spaced from and adjacent to the inner surface of the holding rim when the retention insert is arranged in the retainer of the holding shell and when essentially no radial forces are acting on the holding rim and on the retention rim. In that the adjacent outer surface of the retention rim and inner surface of the holding rim are at least partly not contacting each other but are spaced from each other when essentially no radial forces are acting on the holding rim and on the retention rim, it can, i.a., be achieved that the retention insert is connected relatively loosely with the holding shell when the connection device has not yet been placed on the implant structure. This loose connection can allow the retention insert to be relatively easily removed from the holding shell and inserted in the holding shell without having to be substantially deformed or strained in any other way. Thus, it is possible to insert and remove the retention insert gently, which can improve the flexibility and lifetime of the connection device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130108983 | EXPANDABLE DENTAL IMPLANTS OF HIGH SURFACE AREA AND METHODS OF EXPANDING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130108984 | DENTAL IMPLANT | 05-02-2013 |
20130108985 | HEALING COMPONENTS FOR USE IN TAKING IMPRESSIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130122463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING THE PLACEMENT OF A DENTAL IMPLANT - There is provided a method that includes (i) transmitting a signal, (ii) receiving (a) a first reflection of the signal from a first reflector on a dental appliance, and (b) a second reflection of the signal from a second reflector on a dental tool, and (iii) determining, from the first reflection and the second reflection, a position of the second reflector relative to the first reflector, thus yielding a relative position of the second reflector. There is also provided a system that performs the method. | 05-16-2013 |
20130130199 | Apparatus and Method for Dental Seating - An apparatus and method for a consistent and efficient way to seat dental prosthetics in any area of a patient's mouth is disclosed. The present invention comprises an apparatus and method to allow for easy and efficient seating of Dental Prosthetics by use of an inventive dental seater apparatus (“Dental Seater”). The present invention addresses all of the above mentioned deficiencies of the conventional methods. In particular, the present invention increases the predictability and utility of seating results by having the Dental Seater fabricated using preferred firm materials, including without limitation any of the currently used dental materials. In addition, the present invention can be used in any part of the mouth, and in either arch (maxilla or mandible), and with any currently used Dental Prosthetics. | 05-23-2013 |
20130130200 | Flatbed Dental Implant - A flatbed dental implant that includes an open-topped cylindrical body having an ovoid elongate planar portion centrally disposed thereabouts, said planar portion disposed perpendicularly relative the cylindrical body proximal to the open end of said body, and a frustoconical member disposed basally upon the cylindrical body, said frustoconical member having a lip disposed circumferentially about the body, which lip tapers to a cylindrical ring tip enclosing the cylindrical body at a bottom end, wherein the planar portion is osteally engaged when mounted within a shallow subcortical bed incised beneath a mucoperiosteal flap of a jawbone, whereby the flatbed dental implant is securely implanted to support an extant denture therein without risking injury to the inferior aveolar nerve, maxillary sinus, or other endosteal tissue and proximal anatomy as may otherwise occur when incising to a greater depth. | 05-23-2013 |
20130143178 | ABUTMENT INLAY - An inlay for connection to a dental implant, including implant connection geometry, for connecting the inlay to the implant and, coronal of the implant connection geometry, a post portion extending along a longitudinal axis, the post portion having a circular symmetric external surface and including at least one protrusion extending radially beyond said external surface, wherein the post portion further includes longitudinally extending grooves which extend radially inward of said external surface and are located directly adjacent to and on either side of the at least one protrusion such that the proximal end of said at least one protrusion is located radially inward of said external surface. The inlay is used in combination with an overlay including an accommodation cavity for housing the post portion of the inlay, the accommodation cavity having a circular symmetric cavity wall and at least one groove dimensioned such that the one or more protrusion of the inlay can be housed in the one or more groove of the overlay in order to inhibit relative rotation between the components. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143179 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING BONE GRAFT MATERIAL USING TEETH, AND BONE GRAFT MATERIAL PROCESSED THEREBY - The present invention relates to a processing method for bone graft material using teeth by separating an extracted tooth by region and processing the extracted tooth to allow regional powders to be independently used or mixed depending on a use such as graft material comprises the following steps: (a) cutting a tooth extracted from a patient at the boundary between the dental crown and the dental root of the tooth; (b) removing the missing region of the horizontally cut dental crown of a tooth, soft tissue and pulp tissue; (c) quick-freezing the tissue of the dental crown and pulverizing the same to prepare a powder having an average diameter of 200-1,500 μm; (d) degreasing the powder; (e) dehydrating the powder; and (f) carrying out a post-process including at least a sterilization with respect to the degreased and dehydrated powder to prepare a bone graft material. | 06-06-2013 |
20130149667 | MULTIPHASE TISSUE COMPLEX SCAFFOLDS - Multiphase tissue engineered tissue complex scaffolds and methods for their use are provided. | 06-13-2013 |
20130164707 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BONE GROWTH - The present invention is generally related to implants for compensating bone loss in mammalian body, and to devices and methods for replacing or creating facial bone. The present invention relates to devices and methods for implanting an implantable device in a subject's body. The implantable device embodying features of the present invention include a body formed from a rig or matrix having a trabecular meshwork structure or cells with shapes suitable for a particular anatomical area of interest. The device may be a dental implant serving as a platform for placement of dental crowns. | 06-27-2013 |
20130171584 | ABUTMENT POSITION LOCATOR - The present application relates to a fitting for insertion into a dental implant in an insertion orientation defining a central insertion axis (X) and an insertion direction (D) of the fitting. The fitting includes at least one resilient spring member being expandable perpendicularly to the insertion axis (X) of the fitting for impeding a movement of the fitting relative to the dental implant along the insertion axis (X) when inserted into the dental implant. It further includes an alignment feature for rotationally aligning the fitting relative to the dental implant about the insertion axis (X). The fitting is characterized in that the alignment feature extends further in the insertion direction (D) than the spring member. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171585 | APPARATUS FOR LIFTING MAXILLARY SINUS - An apparatus for lifting a maxillary sinus includes: a pillar, having a cutting blade and an engaging base; a transmission shaft, having a transmission base having a shape corresponding to that of the engaging base; an elastic element provided an elastic force between the engaging base and the transmission base; and a seal element, wrapping the engaging base, the elastic element and the transmission base. When the cutting blade encounters a drag force, the transmission base moves toward the engaging base until the transmission base and the engaging base are engaged with each other. When the drag force is decreased, the engaged transmission base and engaging base are separated from each other due to the elastic force of the elastic element. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171586 | METAL STRUCTURE THAT SERVES AS AN INTERNAL SUPPORT TO A DENTAL PROSTHESIS - Metal structure that serves as an internal support to a dental prosthesis, comprising at least two support posts ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130171587 | SURGICAL GUIDE PREPARATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SURGICAL GUIDE - The present invention provides an inexpensive surgical guide preparation tool by which an insertion hole for implant can be correctly and easily formed at a predetermined position. | 07-04-2013 |
20130177872 | CUSTOMIZABLE SCULPTABLE ANATOMICAL HEALING CAPS, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS - Customizable sculptable healing caps include a hollow elongate body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, as well as an enlarged cuff body extending laterally outward from the hollow elongate body. The cuff body includes a subgingival portion that is anatomically sized and shaped for providing substantially custom filling of the emergence portion of a void resulting from removal of a selected tooth. An exposed portion of the cuff body that resides gingivally above the subgingival portion may also be provided. At least the subgingival portion comprises a sculptable material (e.g., plastic or composite material) so that a practitioner can easily remove select portions with a burr, build up portions with application of a adhering dental material, or both to allow chair-side full customization so that the resulting subgingival portion fills the emergence portion of the void, better preserving the gingival features surrounding the site of tooth removal. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177873 | SHAPE MEMORY DENTAL RETENTION SYSTEMS - Shape memory dental retention systems which facilitate the adjustment or removal of an oral appliance, e.g., a crown or bridge, from a reconfigurable abutment assembly are described. The adjustable abutment assembly may be secured to an anchoring implant bored into the bones within the mouth. The abutment assembly has a projecting abutment portion with one or more shape memory material sleeves or plates or elements extending along the abutment. Each of the sleeves has a length with at least one curved or arcuate portion. Energy may be applied to the elements such that the arcuate portion flattens to allow for the oral appliance to be placed thereupon while removal of the energy allows the elements to reconfigure into its curved configuration thereby locking the oral appliance to the abutment. Removal of the oral appliance may be effected by reapplication of energy to the elements. | 07-11-2013 |
20130189645 | Medical membrane, in particular dental membrane and tooth implant with such a membrane - A medical membrane, in particular a dental membrane for regeneration and/or inducing of tissue, in particular of periodontal tissue and for use in direct contact with bone tissue or connective tissue along with a tooth implant. | 07-25-2013 |
20130196287 | DEVICE TO BE COUPLED TO A DENTAL IMPLANT ABUTMENT, PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE CONNECTING ELEMENT - This invention refers to a device coupled to a dental implant abutment, where the so-called temporary teeth are mounted, provided with at least one connecting element, suitable to join it to at least another device coupled to a dental implant abutment, provided with at least one connecting element. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196288 | DISTRACTION DEVICE FOR USE IN ORAL SURGERY - A device for distraction in oral surgery comprises base plates ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130196289 | TWO-PART IMPLANT WITH A HYDROXYLATED SOFT TISSUE CONTACT SURFACE - Two-part implant for attachment of artificial teeth comprising a base body having a bone contact surface and a soft tissue contact surface. Said soft tissue contact surface is at least partially hydroxylated or silanated which results in an improved soft tissue integration. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196290 | Healing Abutment Assembly With Combination Of Scanning Features - An abutment system is for attachment to a dental implant having a threaded bore and for engaging the surrounding gingival tissue. The abutment system includes a base and a polymeric abutment cap. The base includes a lower region and an upper region. The lower region includes an anti-rotational feature for non-rotationally mating with one of the dental implants. The upper region includes a first anti-rotational structure and a first axial retention structure. The polymeric abutment cap has a second anti-rotational structure for mating with the first anti-rotational structure and a second axial retention structure for mating with the first axial retention structure. The abutment cap has an upper surface that includes information markers. The information markers define a unique code that provides information concerning the abutment cap and the underlying dental implant. | 08-01-2013 |
20130203015 | GINGIVAL TISSUE CONTOUR DEVICE - Gingival tissue contour devices, systems, and methods are presented, and comprise a gingival tissue contour cap having one or more connectors on its bottom portion for securing the cap to one or more complementary connectors on the top portion of a healing cap. The gingival tissue contour cap has substantially the shape, dimensions, and contouring of the neck of a tooth. The combined height of the gingival tissue contour cap and a healing cap is approximately equal to the depth of gingival tissue. | 08-08-2013 |
20130203016 | TIGHTENING APPARATUS FOR DENTAL IMPLANT - A tightening apparatus for a dental implant includes a torque wrench and a slip detection device. The torque wrench includes a tightening part engageable with an abutment of the implant and a tightening torque detector for detecting tightening torques generated when the abutment is screwed to the fixture. The slip detection device includes a slip determiner and an indicator. The slip determiner samples an amount or rate of change of the torques detected by the torque detector in every predetermined period, to sequentially compare the amount or rate of change of the torques in a prior predetermined period with that in a subsequent predetermined period, and to determine whether or not the latter amount or rate is smaller than the former amount or rate. The indicator activates when the slip determiner determines that the latter amount or rate of change is smaller than the former amount or rate of change. | 08-08-2013 |
20130209956 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DENTAL IMPLANTS - A system, apparatus, device, tools and method is provided for the insertion of improved anatomically corrected modular design anterior and posterior dental implants, the apparatus including a root component and a head/abutment component, wherein the root component is inserted into the jawbone using precision surgical guide tools in combination with self-limiting surgical templates and a precision adjustable clamping device. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209957 | CERAMIC/METALLIC DENTAL ABUTMENT - A ceramic and metallic dental abutment for use with a dental implant is disclosed. The abutment can generally include a body having a base region, a coronal region, and a transgingival region disposed between the base and coronal regions. The body regions can define a longitudinal axis. The base region can include an anti-rotational feature such that, when engaged with the dental implant, an anti-rotational connection exists. The coronal and transgingival regions can include a ceramic exterior surface. The abutment can further include a metal contact portion having an annular shape and positioned to engage the dental implant. The metal contact portion can include a conical outer contact surface, disposed at an oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, to match an angle of a chamfer of the dental implant. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209958 | ABUTMENT AND DENTAL-PROSTHETIC ARRANGEMENT HAVING SUCH AN ABUTMENT - The invention relates to an angled abutment for a dental-prosthetic arrangement, in which the abutment is divided into a first sub-component and a second sub-component, wherein the first sub-component can be fixed by means of a fixing screw to an implant and has a tool opening through which a tool is able to engage to reach the screw head of the fixing screw. After the first sub-component has been fixed to an implant, the second sub-component can be connected to the first sub-component, preferably via a screwed connection, and at the same time completely covers the tool opening of the first sub-component. A retaining structure facing away from the first sub-component is formed on the second sub-component and interacts with a counter-retaining structure on a prosthesis to provide a releasable connection, which can be produced without tools, between the abutment and the prosthesis. | 08-15-2013 |
20130224684 | Dental Devices - The present invention is a dental device comprising natural and sustainable materials. These materials are derived from the nut of the tangua palm tree that may be fashioned into devices for human and animals when replacing one or more teeth of the subject. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224685 | DENTAL POSITIONING STENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD, USING METHOD AND COMPONENTS FOR THE SAME - A dental positioning stent for drilling an implant hole and a manufacturing method, a using method and components for the same are provided. The manufacturing method includes: slicing a tooth mold and a false tooth model along a preset slice plane; fixing two markers in the preset slice plane on two sides of the false tooth model respectively; covering the markers and the false tooth model with a shaping agent to form a positioning stent; putting the positioning stent on the teeth in a mouth to perform tomography imaging to acquire a slice image of the preset slice plane; mounting a positioning aid having a positioning hole in the positioning stent according to the slice image pasted up on the tooth mold to guide an initial drill. A dental positioning stent for tomography imaging, and a manufacturing method, a using method, and components thereof are provided. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224686 | DENTAL RETENTION SYSTEMS - Dental retention systems which facilitate the adjustment or removal of an oral appliance. e.g., a crown or bridge, from a reconfigurable abutment assembly are described. The adjustable abutment assembly may be secured to an anchoring implant bored into the bones within the mouth. The abutment assembly has a projecting abutment portion with one or more shape memory alloy compression plates or elements extending along the projecting abutment portion. Each of the plates has a length with one or more straightened portions and with at least one curved or arcuate portion. Energy may be applied to the elements such that the arcuate portion self-flattens to allow for the oral appliance to be placed thereupon while removal of the energy allows the elements to reconfigure into its curved configuration thereby locking the oral appliance to the abutment. Removal of the oral appliance may be effected by reapplication of energy to the elements. | 08-29-2013 |
20130236852 | UNIVERSAL DENTAL IMPLANT STRUCTURE - A universal dental implant structure includes an implant member and a tooth cap. The implant member has an implant portion, an extended holding portion connecting to the implant portion and a coupling cavity located at one side of the extended holding portion remote from the implant portion. The implant portion is anchored in a cancellous bone and a cortical bone. The extended holding portion is extended outside the cortical bone in a range between 3 mm and 6 mm. The tooth cap has a coupling portion to couple on and fasten to the extended holding portion. The dental implant structure of the invention resolves the problem of occlusion interference in the conventional one-piece type dental implant structure and provides the advantage of withstanding high shearing force thereof, and also has the advantage of flexible assembly in the two-piece type dental implant structure through an abutment. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236853 | 3D DUCTILE AND PERFORATED RETAINING SHEET - The present invention describes a sheet | 09-12-2013 |
20130236854 | CERAMIC ORAL IMPLANTS AND RELATED APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Oral implants and related methods, systems, and apparatus. Some embodiments may comprise a silicon nitride bone anchor configured to be integrated with and affixed to alveolar bone of a patient's oral bone cavity. The bone anchor may comprise a core and an outer layer comprising a silicon nitride ceramic material. The outer layer may have a density less than a density of the core. An anchor abutment may be coupled with the bone anchor, and may be configured to protrude above epithelial tissue of the patient's oral cavity and provide a substrate for positioning and fixation of a dental component, such as a crown or bridge. | 09-12-2013 |
20130244203 | DENTAL COMPONENT, A DENTAL FIXTURE AND A DENTAL IMPLANT - The invention relates to a dental component, such as an abutment, an abutment replica, an abutment blank, a customized abutment, a scan abutment, a digital transfer coping, an impression pick-up element, a healing cap or a driver, comprises at least one first indexing element and at least one second indexing element having an apical end located apically of the apical end of said first indexing element, wherein the second indexing element is designed to present a play with mating features of a dental fixture. The invention also relates to a dental implant which comprises a dental component having first and second indexing elements and a dental fixture having third and fourth indexing elements, wherein any play between the first and third indexing elements is smaller than a play between the second and fourth indexing elements. The invention also relates to a dental fixture. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244204 | DENTAL COMPONENT AND A DENTAL IMPLANT - The invention relates to a dental component, such as an abutment, an abutment replica, an abutment blank, a customized abutment, a scan abutment, a digital transfer coping, an impression pick-up element, a healing cap or a driver, comprises a first indexing element and at least two second indexing elements having apical ends located apically of the apical end of said first indexing element. The invention also relates to a dental implant which comprises a dental component having first and second indexing elements and a fixture having third and fourth indexing elements, wherein the first and third indexing elements can only engage with each other after the second and fourth indexing elements have engaged with each other. The invention also relates to a fixture. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244205 | Method For Pre-Operative Visualization Of Instrumentation Used With A Surgical Guide For Dental Implant Placement - The invention relates to manufacturing a surgical guide to be placed in a patient's mouth. The patient's mouth is scanned to obtain surgical-region scan data at a region where an implant is to be located. The patient's mouth is also scanned in the opened position to acquire dental conditions opposite from the surgical region so as to obtain opposing-condition scan data. A virtual model is developed using the surgical-region scan data and the opposing-condition scan data. Using the virtual model, a surgical plan is developed that includes the location of the implant to be installed in the patient. A virtual surgical guide is also developed based on the surgical plan. The dimensions of instrumentation to be used with the surgical guide are checked to ensure they will fit within the mouth by use of the opposing-condition scan data. After checking, final surgical-guide manufacturing information is obtained for manufacturing the surgical guide. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244206 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC SYSTEM FOR RESTORING MISSING DENTITION - A patient-specific system for restoring missing dentition may include surgical components including a dental implant drilling guide adapted to the patient's dental anatomy, dental implant, drills required to place said implant, and drilling depth and sequence instructions specific to the patient. Further, the system includes a patient-specific healing abutment to form a customized emergence profile, an impression coping with the same emergence profile, a provisional abutment with the same emergence profile, a final abutment with the same emergence profile, a provisional crown or bridge, and a final crown or bridge. The crown or bridge may be screw or cement retained. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244207 | Mold For Dental Copings And Copings Produced By Using The Mold - A mold for producing a coping used in a dental implant includes a male component having a protrusion and a female screw forming part. The mold further includes a female component having a recess and a male screw forming part having a different rotation direction from that of the female screw forming part. A cavity for producing the coping is formed by combining the male and female components. Since the mold includes a male component having a female screw forming part, and a female component having a male screw forming part with a different rotation direction than the female screw forming part, a produced coping may be easily separated from the male and female components. | 09-19-2013 |
20130252202 | METHOD FOR PLANNING A DENTAL PROSTHESIS IMPLANT ARRANGEMENT AND A REFERENCE ARRANGEMENT - The invention includes an apparatus and a method for planning a dental prosthesis implant arrangement. An oral reference arrangement (e.g., a dental tray) can include an alignment portion, configured for extra-oral placement, and having surfaces configured to receive and display an optical reference plane projected from an external reference system. The optical reference plane can provide a reference to align the oral reference arrangement and/or teeth and a jaw of a patient for imaging and subsequent planning of a dental prosthesis implant. A method of planning a dental prosthesis implant arrangement can include initial imaging of the teeth and the jaw of the patient, while the above-described oral reference arrangement is detachably mounted to the teeth and/or jaw of the patient. Three-dimensional information relating to the oral reference arrangement, the teeth, and/or the jaw can be used to generate a virtual model of the teeth and/or the jaw. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252203 | IMPLANT-SUPPORTED BRACED DENTAL BRIDGE ARMATURE MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ARMATURE - A dental bridge armature designed to be screw-fastened onto dental implants and including reinforcing elements formed by long fibres pre-impregnated with photo-polymerizable resin which are either woven or in bundles. The reinforcing elements are in the form of a fibrous framework including a main brace and base reinforcing elements wound around a series of implant abutments screwed onto the implants. Secondary braces are also wound around the main brace and the base reinforcing elements. The braces form an angle included between 15° and 85° with the base reinforcing elements. The armature is then included in a PMMA coating resin by a pressing or injection technique. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252204 | ABUTMENT FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - Abutment for a dental implant ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130260336 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dental implant system including a dental implant having an apical end, a top end, an anchoring portion adjacent the apical end. The dental implant is adapted to engage bone and has an axial length. The dental implant has an internally threaded opening of a predetermined depth accessible from the top end of the dental implant. The system includes an abutment receiving portion adjacent the top end for receiving an abutment. The system also includes an annular shoulder formed between the anchoring portion and the abutment receiving portion. The system also has an implant abutment having a peripheral wall and a central axial bore extending through the abutment. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260337 | Oral Implant Placement System and Method - An oral implant system and method. The system includes a positioning tool, a transfer band, a transfer screw, and a transfer drill to provide for accurate placement of a dental implant parallel to other implants and or existing teeth and at predetermined depths. A model is made of the patient's maxilla and mandible. The model is marked for implant position, depth and size. Holes are drilled in the model for implant analogs using the positioning tool. The analogs are installed into the model using the positioning tool and a surveyor. Transfer bands are coupled to the analogs and a surgical stent portion is fabricated. The surgical stent is fitted to the patient's occlusion, secured, and then utilized to accurately drill apertures into the patient's maxilla or mandible. The implants are installed into the apertures and the surgical stent is removed. A final restoration is secured to the implants. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266909 | IMPLANT FOR USE IN A PHOTODYNAMIC TREATMENT - An implant ( | 10-10-2013 |
20130266910 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental prosthesis comprises an implant, an abutment and a crown. The implant has distal and proximal portions with the implant proximal portion including distal and proximal segments. The implant proximal segment has an outer surface. The abutment has distal and proximal segments and defines an abutment shoulder therebetween. The abutment shoulder is configured to circumferentially engage the outer surface of the implant proximal segment such that an implant abutment joint is defined therebetween. The crown is configured to be positioned over the abutment and the implant such that the crown covers the implant abutment joint. The implant proximal segment has an annular concave cross-section such that the crown distal end has a rounded shape to reduce the potential for stress cracking of the crown. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266911 | CROSS-RIDGE IMPLANT, DRILL, AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTATION - An implant system includes an implant and a stabilizer, which includes a manipulation portion for handling and locating the stabilizer, a main body comprising a manipulation channel, and a transverse channel for connecting the stabilizer and an implant, the transverse channel having an axis perpendicular to an axis of the manipulation channel. The implant includes a thread and the transverse channel includes threads for engaging the threads. The system further includes a jig fixture having a first arm and a second arm responsive to a manipulator; the first arm engages the manipulation portion, the second arm for engages the manipulation channel. | 10-10-2013 |
20130280674 | System and Method for Dental Implants - Systems and methods are provided that relate to a dental implant procedure. In one example, a dental implant method may include drilling an implant hole into a jaw bone. Gingiva adjacent to the implant hole may be removed to create a ledge portion in a bone surface surrounding the hole. The method may further include inserting a dental implant into the implant hole, the dental implant having a removably coupled healing abutment. The healing abutment may include a projection having a projection diameter greater than the implant hole diameter. As the implant is driven into the implant hole, the projection may stop advancement of the dental implant via contact between the projection and the ledge portion. | 10-24-2013 |
20130280675 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BONE GROWTH - The present invention is generally related to implants for compensating bone loss in mammalian body, and to devices and methods for replacing or creating facial bone. The present invention relates to devices and methods for implanting an implantable device in a subject's body. The implantable device embodying features of the present invention include a body formed from a rig or matrix having a trabecular meshwork structure or cells with shapes suitable for a particular anatomical area of interest. The device may be a dental implant serving as a platform for placement of dental crowns. | 10-24-2013 |
20130288198 | HEALING ABUTMENT AND FINAL ABUTMENT FOR USE WITH DENTAL 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. | 10-31-2013 |
20130288199 | COMPOSITE REGENERATION MEMBRANE - A composite regeneration membrane is utilized for separating an alveolar bone tissue and a gum epithelium tissue. The composite regeneration membrane comprises a collagen resorbable layer and a titanium bendable layer. The collagen resorbable layer is utilized for transmitting material between the alveolar bone tissue and the gum epithelium tissue. The titanium bendable layer is located in the collagen resorbable layer for supporting the collagen resorbable layer. The titanium bendable layer also has a plurality of transmitting holes allowing the material transmitted by the collagen resorbable layer to pass through. | 10-31-2013 |
20130288200 | DENTAL IMPLANT WEDGES - A method for securing a dental implant within a dental bone cavity is disclosed. The method may include inserting a dental wedge into the dental bone cavity and allowing bone tissues to grow toward and at least partially surround the dental wedge. Dental implantation systems for implementing the method are also disclosed. The system can comprise a dental wedge adapted to be inserted into a dental bone cavity. | 10-31-2013 |
20130295521 | DENTAL IMPLANT SET - The present invention relates to a dental implant set comprising a fixture for insertion into a bore hole arranged in bone tissue having first indexing means, a dental component having second indexing means and being adaptable to the fixture in an engaged position where the first and second indexing means mate and in an intermediate position where the dental component and the fixture are in contact with each other but the first and the second indexing means do not mate, and a fixation screw being adapted for fixating the dental component to the fixture. The present invention also relates to a method for attaching a dental component to a dental fixture. | 11-07-2013 |
20130302752 | DENTAL IMPRESSION, DRILLING TEMPLATE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A RELATIVE LOCATION FOR CREATING A DRILLING TEMPLATE - The invention relates to a method for correlating an implantation site ( | 11-14-2013 |
20130309630 | DENTURE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a denture system comprising an implant ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130309631 | JIG FOR BITE ALIGNMENT IN DENTISTRY AND BITE REGISTRATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are, a jig for bite alignment in dentistry enabling to achieve precise bite registration without using the wax rim, and a bite registration method and a manufacture method of dentures using the jig for bite alignment. | 11-21-2013 |
20130323677 | Individualized endosseous dental implant - The instant invention is an individualized anatomic tooth root implant comprised of zirconia oxide or other biocompatible material, manufactured to very closely approximate an extracted tooth root and the existing extracted tooth root socket morphology. By so doing, invasive drilling and other dental procedures can be avoided. The implant consists of single or multiple root(s), the main implant body, a custom built abutment, and a dental prosthesis (crown), cemented to the abutment once sufficient healing and osseointegration has occurred. The the instant invention will have user defined additions and subtractions with circumferential grooves and ridges cut into the implant body below the coronal lip to insure better fit and retention. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323678 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM HAVING ENHANCED SOFT-TISSUE GROWTH FEATURES - A dental implant system including an implant and an abutment is disclosed. The implant includes a generally cylindrical body, a central axis, a distal end for anchoring in a patient's bone and a proximal end opposing the distal end. The proximal end includes a roughened lateralized surface that surrounds an abutment-engaging region. The lateralized surface is disposed at a negative slope relative to the central axis. The abutment includes an upper portion for supporting a tooth-like prosthesis and a lower portion for engaging the abutment-engaging region of the dental implant. The diameter of the lower portion of the abutment is smaller than the diameter of the implant at its proximal end. The lower portion includes a first surface with a soft-tissue enhancing material. The first surface and the lateralized surface defining a circumferentially extending recess having a V-shaped cross-section for receiving and attachment to the soft tissue. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323679 | DENTURE STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a removable denture system including a personalized support beam configured to be fixedly attached to an individual's jaw bone by plurality of dental implants; personalized denture conforming with dental parameters of the individual including bottom surface shaped and sized to constitute a super-structure configured for cooperating with the support beam; and denture locking arrangement for securely locking and unlocking the denture to the support beam, one of the support beam and the super-structure includes one or more positioning grooves extending parallel to a path of insert (POI) of the denture, and the other of super-structure and the support beam, includes one or more corresponding laterally projecting positioning projections, each positioning projection configured to cooperate with a corresponding positioning groove, and configured to provide at least partial snug fit together, the support beam and super-structure are configured to eliminate movement when the super-structure is assembled over the support beam. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323680 | DENTAL RESTORATIVE SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS - Disclosed within is a dental restorative system including a dental abutment having a longitudinal axis, lingual and facial aspects, a base portion for engagement with a dental implant, and a tapered coronal portion. The dental abutment further includes an emergence profile portion between the base portion and the tapered coronal portion. The emergence profile portion includes at least a first concave surface and at least a first convex surface. The dental abutment may further include an interproximally sloping margin shoulder and a reduced terminal portion located at the upper end of the tapered coronal portion. Alternative embodiments of the dental abutment are also disclosed. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323681 | LOCKING TAPER ABUTMENT WITH WEAKENED ZONE - A locking taper abutment with a weakened zone is disclosed, which includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion is used to be disposed inside an opening of a dental implant. The second portion connects to the first portion and has a structurally weakened zone to enable the possible fracture of the locking taper abutment to occur here. The third portion connects to the second portion and is used for joining with a dental prosthesis. After the locking taper abutment is fractured at the structurally weakened zone, the remained second portion protrudes from the opening. Therefore, the remained second portion can be directly taken out by an instrument so as to reduce the difficulty of clinical operation obviously. Furthermore, the opening wall of the dental implant will not be hurt, and the bacterial closure of the dental implant will not be destroyed. | 12-05-2013 |
20130330688 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOSURFACES WITH NANO, MICRON, AND/OR SUBMICRON STRUCTURES ON A POLYMER - The present invention relates to a modified polymeric material. The modified polymeric material includes a polymer having a modified surface, where the modified surface includes nano, micron, and/or submicron scale features. The present invention also relates to an implant comprising the modified polymeric material. The present invention further relates to processes for making the modified polymeric material and the implant. | 12-12-2013 |
20130344457 | DENTAL IMPLANT FOR A JAW WITH REDUCED BONE VOLUME AND IMPROVED OSSEOINTEGRATION FEATURES - A dental implant has a body with a porous metal portion for engaging bone. The porous metal portion has an outer coronal to apical height and an outer diameter. Both the height and diameter are about 4 mm to about 6 mm. This permits the implant to be placed on a jaw with a reduced bone volume. | 12-26-2013 |
20140004481 | Crestal Implant And Method For Processing Same | 01-02-2014 |
20140017631 | SUPERSTRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A dental superstructure attaching system for use with a dental implant is provided. The system comprises a longitudinal member being connectable with an implant or an implant connecting member via an at least partially curved interface area. The longitudinal member comprises a main member forming the lingual part of said longitudinal member, and a lever member forming the buccal or labial part of said longitudinal member. The longitudinal member further comprises means for urging said lever member and said main member away from each other, such that said longitudinal member is secured to said implant or implant connecting member. The system further comprises a casing ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140017632 | DENTAL IMPLANT ABUTMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a dental implant abutment and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a dental implant abutment which forms an outer appearance of an artificial tooth, supports a porcelain prosthesis that is formed of a porcelain, and couples to and fixedly combines with a fixture. The dental implant abutment includes: a first part having a coupling structure that corresponds to an inner structure of the fixture, so that the first part couples to the fixture; a second part that extends upward from the first part and contacts gums; and a third part extending upward from the second part, having an outer circumferential surface which includes a side surface and a top surface, with a porcelain prosthesis attached to the outer circumferential surface, and including a shape in which a concave part, inwardly recessed, is formed on the side and a horizontal cross-sectional area increases in an upward direction from the concave part. | 01-16-2014 |
20140023989 | DENTURE SYSTEM, ENGAGEMENT PIECE USED FOR DENTURE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENTURE BASE AND DENTURE - A denture system comprising: abutments coupled to the fixtures; and a denture to be detachably attached to the abutments, the denture including: a denture base; an artificial tooth supported by the denture base; a plurality of engagement piece members defining slits extending in the up-down direction; and a lid portion connecting end portions of the engagement piece members as well as closing one end of fitting hole in the up-down direction and covering an entire surface of the tip of the abutment, wherein the lid portion configures a part of the denture base, the piece member has a first surface and a second surface, and a grooved allowance portion is provided allowing the piece member to deform and spread in direction from the first surface toward the second surface. | 01-23-2014 |
20140030674 | PREFABRICATED IMMEDIATE NO-DRILL DENTAL IMPLANT - The invention concerns a dental implant comprising an apical end tapered conical portion axially connected to a coronal end cylindrical body wherein the coronal end cylindrical body has ridges on the proximal sides and has no ridges on the mesial and distal sides. The invention further concerns a series of manual pilot tools for the preparation of the tooth socket prior to implantation. The invention further concerns an undercut pilot tool for placing notches in the proximal walls of the tooth socket to prepare the socket to receive the dental implant. The invention also concerns methods for replacing a tooth with a prefabricated implant immediately upon removal of the tooth without the necessity for drilling by virtue of the initial retention of the prefabricated implant inside the jaw bone. | 01-30-2014 |
20140038132 | DENTAL REGENERATIVE DEVICE MADE OF POROUS METAL - A regenerative device can include a first side section, a second side section, and a top section extending between and connecting the first side section and the second side section. The top section and the first and second side sections can each be formed from a porous material that retains its structure after implantation in the patient. The regenerative device can be used for ridge augmentation of a maxilla or a mandible. The top section can include an opening configured for receiving an implant. The porous material can be permanently implanted in the mouth and promote bone regeneration or ridge augmentation. The first and second side sections of the device can include openings for receiving a fastener to secure the device to the alveolar ridge. | 02-06-2014 |
20140045143 | METHOD OF CREATING AN ACCURATE BONE AND SOFT-TISSUE DIGITAL DENTAL MODEL - A method of creating a 3-D anatomic digital model for determining a desired location for placing at least one dental implant in a patient's mouth. The method comprises the act of obtaining a first dataset associated with hard tissue of the patient's mouth. The method further comprises the act of obtaining a second dataset associated with soft tissue of the patient's mouth. The method further comprises the act of combining the first dataset and the second dataset to create a detailed structure of hard tissue and soft tissue having variable dimensions over the hard tissue. | 02-13-2014 |
20140051034 | MODULAR FRAMEWORK SUPRASTRCUCTURE FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - A modular framework suprastructure for dental implants is provided. The apparatus includes a modular series of stumps and rods with horizontal axis, each of them being composed of a tubular bar provided at one end with an ear with a hole, whereas at the other end of the bar, a clip is applied, being provided with circular hole identical to the aforementioned hole, having suitable dimensions to receive one of said stumps. | 02-20-2014 |
20140051035 | SONOTRODE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF ULTRASONIC ENERGY - A description is given of a sonotrode ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140057227 | SURGICAL TEMPLATE POSITIONING DEVICE - A surgical template positioning device, which comprises a template, a prosthetic tooth and a dental mold. The template has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface is formed with at least three spherical recesses and a guiding hole, relative positions of the spherical recesses define a triangle, and the guiding hole passes through the template. The prosthetic tooth has at least three spherical portions and one implanted hole, the spherical portions are combined with the spherical recesses of the first surface, and the guiding hole is corresponding to the implanted hole. The dental mold fixes the prosthetic tooth to a soft tissue between adjacent teeth. The present invention not only can save the manufacturing time and cost of the surgical template positioning device, but also is convenient to operate and exactly position, so as to increase the success rate of implanting surgery. | 02-27-2014 |
20140057228 | SAFETY SUBANTRAL MEMBRANE LIFT CAPABLE OF DIRECTLY ADJUSTING A SUBANTRAL MEMBRANE TO SAFELY LIFT THE SUBANTRAL MEMBRANE IN A DESIRED DIRECTION BY A DESIRED DISTANCE, AND OPERATING METHOD USING SAME - Disclosed is a safety subantral membrane lifter including a bone-fixing unit including a bone-fixing arm mounted on the top of the bone-fixing unit, a bone-fixing unit body arranged at the lower end of the bone-fixing unit, and a bone-fixing unit support arranged at the lower end of the bone-fixing unit body. The bone-fixing unit include a bone-fixing unit body; a bone-fixing arm arranged at one end of the bone-fixing unit body and which is inclined toward one end thereof; two side blades protruding outwardly from both sides of the bone-fixing unit body and formed in the vertical direction so as to be sharp; and a bone-fixing support arranged at the lower end of the bone-fixing unit. | 02-27-2014 |
20140065574 | SCREW CHANNEL DIRECTING DEVICE FOR A DENTAL SUPERSTRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A DENTAL SUPERSTRUCTURE - A screw channel directing device ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140072932 | INTRA-ORAL LIGHT THERAPY APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a housing, an emitter, and an electronic circuit. The housing is configured to fit within a patient's mouth. The emitter is at least partially encased within the housing. The emitter is configured to emit an effective amount of light to the alveolar soft tissue when the housing is disposed within the mouth. The electronic circuit is operatively coupled to the emitter. The electronic circuit is configured to control the emitter when the housing is disposed within the mouth and the apparatus is in use during orthodontic treatment. The apparatus and its use for regulating tooth movement or maintaining or improving oral tissue health are disclosed herein. | 03-13-2014 |
20140080091 | ALVEOLAR BONE AUGMENTATION KIT - An alveolar bone augmentation kit includes lateral and vertical augmentation sets. The lateral augmentation set is made of a bone graft material. The lateral augmentation set can be implanted in an alveolar bone. The vertical augmentation set includes two attachment units and an adjustment and lift unit. The first attachment unit includes a post and a first fastener. The post secured to the alveolar bone by the first fastener. The adjustment and lift unit includes a beam, an elevating rod movably connected to the beam, and a joint for rotationally connecting the beam to the post. The second attachment unit includes a plate and a second fastener. A first portion of the plate is placed against the elevating rod. The second fastener is driven in the alveolar bone via an opening in a second portion of the plate and an aperture in the lateral augmentation set. | 03-20-2014 |
20140080092 | TEMPORARY DENTAL PROSTHESIS FOR USE IN DEVELOPING FINAL DENTAL PROSTHESIS - A method of manufacturing a permanent prosthesis for attachment to a dental implant installed in a mouth of a patient includes scanning a patient specific temporary prosthesis (PSTP) to obtain scan data. The PSTP is attached to the dental implant in the mouth of the patient. Gingival tissue surrounding the PSTP is permitted to heal in the mouth of the patient. In response to aesthetics of the healed gingival tissue surrounding the PSTP in the mouth of the patient not being acceptable, the PSTP is physically modified by (i) removing material from the PSTP, (ii) adding material to the PSTP, or (iii) both. The modified PSTP is scanned and a permanent prosthesis is fabricated as a replica of the modified PSTP using scan data generated from the scan of the modified PSTP. | 03-20-2014 |
20140093841 | BUTTON FOR IMPLNAT HEALING ABUTMENT AND IMPLANT HEALING ABUTMENT HAVING PRESSING PART - 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. | 04-03-2014 |
20140099599 | CRADLE FOR POSITIONING A FINAL DENTAL PROSTHESIS AND A SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - A cradle, assembly, system and method for installing a prosthesis at a surgical site. The cradle temporarily engages the prosthesis and holds it in the correct orientation and position adjacent the surgical site. An aperture is defined in the cradle and a portion of the prosthesis is received therein. In one embodiment, the cradle, assembly and system are used to install a final dental prosthesis in a patient's mouth in a single visit to the dentist's office. A securement member pins the surgical template and subsequently the cradle to the jaw. A metal sub-structure on the final dental prosthesis is received in the aperture in the cradle. Cylinders attached to implants anchored in the jaw extend through holes in the sub-structure and are bonded to the prosthesis. The cradle is detached from the jaw and from the prosthesis prior to screws being re-inserted through the cylinders and into the implants. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099600 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A FINAL DENTAL PROSTHESIS - A cradle, assembly, system and method for installing a prosthesis at a surgical site. The cradle temporarily engages the prosthesis and holds it in the correct orientation and position adjacent the surgical site. An aperture is defined in the cradle and a portion of the prosthesis is received therein. In one embodiment, the cradle, assembly and system are used to install a final dental prosthesis in a patient's mouth in a single visit to the dentist's office. A securement member pins the surgical template and subsequently the cradle to the jaw. A metal sub-structure on the final dental prosthesis is received in the aperture in the cradle. Cylinders attached to implants anchored in the jaw extend through holes in the sub-structure and are bonded to the prosthesis. The cradle is detached from the jaw and from the prosthesis prior to screws being re-inserted through the cylinders and into the implants. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099601 | DENTAL REGENERATIVE DEVICE MADE OF POROUS METAL - A regenerative device can include a first side section, a second side section, and a top section extending between and connecting the first side section and the second side section. The top section and the first and second side sections can each be formed from a porous material that retains its structure after implantation in the patient. The regenerative device can be used for ridge augmentation of a maxilla or a mandible. The top section can include an opening configured for receiving an implant. The porous material can be permanently implanted in the mouth and promote bone regeneration or ridge augmentation. One or both of the first and second side sections of the device can include one or more openings or apertures for receiving a fastener to secure the device to the alveolar ridge. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099602 | INSERTION TOOL - Insertion tool for co-operation with a dental implant, said implant having at least one anti-rotation surface, the insertion tool extending along a longitudinal axis and having at its distal end a resilient sleeve, said sleeve having at least one torque transmission surface and being adjustable between a first, rest position, and a second, stressed position, wherein the location of the at least one torque transmission surface is different in the first and second positions, the insertion tool further including an actuation means arranged to selectively engage with the sleeve in order to adjust the sleeve between the first and second positions, the tool being arranged such that, in use, adjustment of the sleeve from the first to second position enables a better contact between the at least one anti-rotation surface and the at least one torque transmission surface. | 04-10-2014 |
20140106302 | Abutment for Implant - An abutment connecting a crown that forms an external form of an artificial tooth to a fixture embedded in a gum of a human, and comprising a body, a combination portion formed at an end of the body and combined with the fixture, a threaded portion formed at the body and penetrating through the body, a fixing screw being inserted into the threaded portion to couple the body to a processing device or a jig, a coupling hole formed at the body and penetrating through the body, a coupling unit being inserted into the coupling hole to connect the body and the fixture, and a sectional surface formed at an opposite portion to the combination portion and connected to the processing device or the jig, to position the body in the processing device or in the jig when the body is coupled to the processing device or the jig. | 04-17-2014 |
20140106303 | DENTAL BAR - An overdenture bar includes a U-shaped support beam configured to being coupled to a plurality of dental implants and extending generally above the mucus membrane of the gums. The U-shaped support beam has an anterior region and a pair of posterior extensions. At least one portion of the U-shaped support beam includes a plurality of retention elements extending generally normal to an outer surface of the U-shaped support beam in a plurality of directions. A method for producing a dental bar model on a CAD/CAM program to be fitted on a patient's upper or lower gingival surface includes the steps of selecting a longitudinal portion of the bar, adding protrusions to an upper portion of the bar and/or positioning a buccal finish line and a lingual finish between two boundary lines. The boundary lines illustrate the highest and lowest position of the finish lines. | 04-17-2014 |
20140113247 | FIXTURES FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - A temporary coping for placement as an intermediate structure between a temporary restorative tooth and a support on a dental implant may comprise a coronal end, an apical end, and a lateral wall surrounding a hollow interior. The hollow interior may be dimensioned to receive a support mountable on a dental implant to place the temporary coping in mating engagement with the support along a substantial length of the hollow interior. The temporary coping may be made of a dental restoration material chosen from bis-acrylic and a bis-acrylic composite and is chemically bondable with the temporary restorative tooth. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113248 | DENTAL BRIDGES AND SUPERSTRUCTURES, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a dental bridge intermediary structure ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140127643 | FRICTIONAL ANGLED DENTAL IMPLANT - The present invention discloses a frictional angled dental implant | 05-08-2014 |
20140134570 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM - A dental-implant having a first implant part provided for being inserted into a jawbone and having a second implant part associated therewith, provided for fixing a dental prosthetic piece, the implant parts being mechanically connectable to each other via a connection pin which is formed onto one of the implant parts and which can be pushed into a receiving channel provided in the other implant part and the outer cross-section of the connection pin and, matching said cross-section, the inner cross-section of the receiving channel associated therewith, each being designed in an indexing area as a polygon, shall enable a particularly simple mounting in a relatively short mounting time, while maintaining, nevertheless, a high accuracy of fit of the components and a correspondingly small rotational play of the mounting part relative to the post part. For this purpose, the connection pin comprises according to the invention at least two sections in the indexing area the outer edges of the polygon being rounded more strongly in a first, end-side section than in a second section. | 05-15-2014 |
20140147806 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DENTAL IMPLANT SURGICAL GUIDES - A dental implant surgical guide, its design method and system. A surgical guide has an adaption surface to fit onto patient's oral dental anatomy, as well as holes to guide the drills and to provide depth control to the drilling operations. In prior art, drill guiding holes have to be specifically designed and made for a targeted surgical kit. In this invention, a series of preferred diameters are predefined for the drilling holes or sleeves, a surgical guide is designed for the preferred diameters and a universal surgical kit is designed accordingly. Indexing geometric features are added to the surgical guide to indicate the key parameters for drilling depth control. As a result the surgical guide and universal surgical kit can be used with any implant brands. Software system designing such surgical guides includes components to generate base model, define and select preferred diameters, add form features, and export treatment plan with plan adaption instructions. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147807 | COMPUTER-AIDED POSITIONING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR DENTAL IMPLANT - A computer-aided positioning and navigation system for dental implant includes a computer system having built therein a dental implant planning software and providing a 3D digital human tissues model to create an implant navigation information, a positioning assistive device including a body providing a positioning portion and a guide portion and a connection member carrying an optical positioning device, one or multiple optical capture devices, and a display device electrically connected to the computer system. The computer system controls the optical capture device to capture images and drives the display device to display a part of the content of the 3D digital human tissues model and the implant navigation information. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147808 | DENTAL IMPLANT - Dental implant with a base body made of ceramic anchorable in a jawbone and an implant superstructure attachable to the base body using a screw, wherein in an assembled state of the dental implant, a threaded portion of the screw engages with an inner thread formed in a blind hole of the base body, wherein the implant superstructure is by the screw pressed against the base body and wherein the engagement between the threaded portion of the screw and the internal thread of the blind hole occurs only in a lower half of the base body facing away from the implant superstructure. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147809 | DENTAL IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS - Apparatus is provided that includes a dental implant having a lateral external surface. The implant is shaped so as to define a lumen therethrough having a lateral opening through the lateral external surface. The apparatus further includes a retaining element, and a delivery tube having a distal tube end. The retaining element is configured to assume (a) a first position in which the retaining element removably couples the distal tube end to the implant such that the delivery tube is in fluid communication with the lumen via the lateral opening, and (b) a second position in which the retaining element does not couple the distal tube end to the implant. Other embodiments are also described. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147810 | BONE AUGMENTATION IN DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY - For bone formation in the dental area, an allogeneic or xenogeneic bone transplant ( | 05-29-2014 |
20140147811 | CALCIUM ALUMINATE BASED PASTE FOR STABILIZING DENTAL IMPLANTS AND RESTORING TISSUE ATTACHMENT AFTER SURGERY AND METHODS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a calcium aluminate based paste forming a chemically bonded biomaterial on hydration thereof for in vivo anchoring of new implants, or stabilizing of existing implants in situ to an adjacent bone tissue, which paste provides a controlled pH value and temperature as well as initial hardening time. By virtue of the pH value and temperature the paste exhibits antibacterial and/or bacteriostatic properties. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing implants to be implanted wherein the implant is coated with the paste, a method of implanting a coated implant, as well as methods of preventing and treating implant related conditions, such as periimplantitis, and kit for preparing the paste. The invention is especially intended for re-stabilization of dental implants, and implantation into low quality bone tissue. | 05-29-2014 |
20140154643 | SUPERSTRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 06-05-2014 |
20140162212 | FIXED HYBRID DENTAL ATTACHMENT DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A hybrid, detachable dental attachment device having a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration | 06-12-2014 |
20140162213 | SURGICAL GUIDE FABRICATION - A digital model of a dental implant site can be modified to impart various features aligned to a trajectory for a planned drilling procedure. An object fabricated from the modified model can then be used as a mold to vacuum form or otherwise fabricate a drill guide for the drilling procedure. Numerous variations are possible to fabricate on-surface and off-surface guides, and/or thin layer guides or tube guides suitable for use in dental surgery. | 06-12-2014 |
20140162214 | Method for Producing a Crown for an Implant Abutment - A method of creating a dental restoration is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a first 3D model of at least a portion of a first dental item including a margin curve, attaching the first dental item to the patient's existing dental structure within the oral cavity, obtaining a second 3D model of at least the first dental item while the first dental item is attached to the patient's existing dental structure, producing a third 3D model of at least the first dental item by aligning the first 3D model to the second 3D model, identifying the margin curve on the third 3D model, producing a fourth 3D model of a virtual dental item using the identified margin curve of the third 3D model, producing a second dental item from the fourth 3D model, and attaching the second dental item to the first dental item. | 06-12-2014 |
20140170597 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROSTHODONTIC RESTORATION - This disclosed subject matter relates to dental implants in general, and in particular to dental implants having an abutment for mounting a prosthodontic restoration thereon, wherein the abutment is customizable and/or adjustable that may be configured according an individual's morphology, clinical situation and related prosthodontic requirements. | 06-19-2014 |
20140178835 | Multi Functional Implanting Suite and Implanting Method Thereof - 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. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178836 | METHOD OF ATTACHING A DENTAL COMPONENT TO A DENTAL IMPLANT - The present invention relates to a method of attaching a dental component having an angulated screw channel to a dental implant. The present invention also relates to a dental component having an angulated screw channel and a metal adapter. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178837 | DENTAL SUPERSTRUCTURE ATTACHING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ATTACHING A DENTAL SUPERSTRUCTURE TO A DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental superstructure attaching system for use with a dental implant is provided. The system comprises a longitudinal member being connectable with an implant or an implant connecting member via an at least partially curved interface area. The longitudinal member comprises a main member forming the lingual part of said longitudinal member, and a lever member forming the buccal or labial part of said longitudinal member. The longitudinal member further comprises means for urging said lever member and said main member away from each other, such that said longitudinal member is secured to said implant or implant connecting member. A dental superstructure connection device in such a system, and methods for attaching a dental superstructure to a dental implant via such a system, are also provided. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178838 | POLYAXIAL DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM - A dental implant system is described, including a lower implant body configured to be implanted in bone, and an upper implant body that couples to the lower body, thereby forming a cavity between upper and lower bodies. The system can further include a rotatable, swivelable anchor having a base at least partially disposed within the cavity. The anchor may have a shaft coupled to the base and extending through an opening in the upper body. The system may also include an abutment that couples to the shaft of the anchor and serves as a mounting area for a crown. The anchor's rotatability and swivelability allow the lower implant body to be implanted at an angle in bone while permitting the crown to be positioned in a natural tooth orientation. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178839 | REMOVABLE DENTAL IMPLANT BRIDGE SYSTEM - A removable dental implant bridge system configured for rigid detachable mounting of an implant removable bridge over a mini support bar, which in turn is configured for fixedly securing to the jaw bone of an individual, in a fashion facilitating fast and easy mounting yet fixedly supporting the implant removable bridge so as to obtain a sturdy and secure engagement to the mini support bar, and however suited for easy removal, wherein bar is substantially received with a teeth mimicking portion of the implant removable bridge and where the mini support bar is configured with scalloping at least at a labial face and a bottom face thereof. | 06-26-2014 |
20140186797 | SCREW AND DRIVER TOOL - The invention relates to a screw and corresponding screw driver for driving the screw into a dental implant at an angle from the longitudinal axis of the implant. The screw has a polygonal interface and the screw driver has a matching interface for driving the screw to rotate. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186798 | POROUS IMPLANT DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A DENTURE - A dental implant device has an implant portion for being placed in a bore in bone. The implant portion has a coronal end portion and a porous metal portion. A metal coupling has a coronal end configured for connection to a denture support piece. The coupling also has an apical end integrally formed with the coronal end and engaging the porous metal portion. In one form, the coupling is attached to the porous metal portion in a threaded connection so that the coupling is removable from the porous portion without significantly damaging the porous metal portion sufficiently to re-engage another metal coupling. | 07-03-2014 |
20140199656 | DENTAL RETENTION SYSTEMS - Dental retention systems which facilitate the adjustment or removal of an oral appliance, e.g., a crown or bridge, from a reconfigurable abutment assembly are described. The adjustable abutment assembly may be secured to an anchoring implant bored into the bones within the mouth. The abutment assembly has a projecting abutment portion with one or more shape memory alloy compression plates or elements extending along the projecting abutment portion. Each of the plates has a length with one or more straightened portions and with at least one curved or arcuate portion. Energy may be applied to the elements such that the arcuate portion self-flattens to allow for the oral appliance to be placed thereupon while removal of the energy allows the elements to reconfigure into its curved configuration thereby locking the oral appliance to the abutment. Removal of the oral appliance may be effected by reapplication of energy to the elements. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199657 | MEMBRANE FOR ALVEOLAR BONE REGENERATION - A membrane for alveolar bone regeneration to guide bone generation by adapting to a bone graft material, which fills a bone defect area, includes a central hole through which an implant is inserted into an alveolar bone, wherein the membrane includes: a coupling part to couple the membrane with the implant; a side bending part that is downwardly bent from the coupling part to have an overall curved shape with a gentle slope; and lateral covering parts that protrude from edges of the side bending part and are bent and curved toward an alveolar bone defect area, wherein the side bending part and the lateral covering parts are pre-formed in three-dimensions to fit a final shape of the alveolar bone that is to be regenerated. | 07-17-2014 |
20140205969 | Universal Aligning Adaptor System and Methods - A system for dental implant restoration is provided. It includes universal aligning adaptors and prosthetic components having co-operable indices, which together form a translational, integrating system which aligns, synchronizes, and references the prosthetic components about an implant's central axis of rotation. Rotation of an adaptor about a prosthetic component, with its reference point becoming aligned to a predetermined reference point on the prosthetic component, followed by the rotation of the adaptor/prosthetic component assembly about the implant, situates the prosthetic component in a predetermined position such that all other prosthetic components become synchronized to the adaptor's reference point. The prosthetic component is mechanical for clinical or lab bench use, or is virtual for restoration design in a software program, prior to milling prosthetic abutments or devices. Abutments, healing caps and screw access holes are realigned to preferred positions and synchronized with minimal deviation from the ideal direction. | 07-24-2014 |
20140212842 | DENTAL PROSTHESIS - The invention relates to a dental prosthesis, comprising an implant body ( | 07-31-2014 |
20140220508 | METHOD AND DRILLS FOR TWO STAGE PROTOCOL FOR CREATING AN OSTEOTOMY FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental protocol for creating an osteotomy for an implant is disclosed. A first drill is selected having a tip to create a pilot hole in the bone surface of a patient. The first drill includes a first boring section to create a bore hole for a second drill and a second boring section to create a coronal area on the hole near the bone surface. A first drill hole is created on the bone surface having a depth compatible with the length of the implant with the first drill and a coronal area. A second drill for creating a second hole having a width compatible with the body of the implant is selected. A second drill hole is created on the bone surface with the second drill. | 08-07-2014 |
20140242545 | ABUTMENT POSITION LOCATOR - The present application relates to a fitting for insertion into a dental implant in an insertion orientation defining a central insertion axis (X) and an insertion direction (D) of the fitting. The fitting comprises at least one resilient spring member being expandable perpendicularly to the insertion axis (X) of the fitting for impeding a movement of the fitting relative to the dental implant along the insertion axis (X) when inserted into the dental implant. It further comprises an alignment feature for rotationally aligning the fitting relative to the dental implant about the insertion axis (X). The fitting is characterized in that the alignment feature extends further in the insertion direction (D) than the spring member. | 08-28-2014 |
20140248583 | SUPPORT MECHANISM - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for supporting an intraosseous implant that facilitates and prevents further resorption at an implantation site by reducing parafunctional pressures experienced at the implantation site, transferring and transmitting functional pressures to the implantation site without an increase in size of an intraosseous implant and without osteosynthesis. | 09-04-2014 |
20140272788 | TWIST LOCK INTERFACE FOR ABUTMENT AND IMPLANT ASSEMBLY - A dental restoration system is disclosed. The system includes an implant having a tip and an opposite cylindrical socket. The socket has an interior surface having a sloped rim surface and a groove with a vertical and horizontal channel. The system includes a dental component such as an abutment having a stem and an opposite post. The post includes a collar having a radial tab. The collar is attached to a conical interface surface. The tab slides in the vertical channel when the abutment is attached to the implant. The tab fits in the horizontal channel of the groove to lock the abutment in place when the abutment is rotated. The conical interface contacts the sloped rim surface of the cylindrical socket to create a seal when the tab is fit into the horizontal channel. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272789 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A GUIDED SINUS LIFT PROCEDURE - A method of conducting a sinus lift procedure is provided. A secure and physical interaction is formed between a fiducial device and a site within a patient's mouth to form a fiducial marker. A virtual incising plan is formed for incising the patient's maxilla, with respect to the fiducial marker, for providing access to a sinus membrane. Movement of an incising device is physically regulated with respect to the fiducial marker with a guidance device. The incising device is in physical communication with the fiducial marker via the fiducial device. The guidance device physically regulates movement of the incising device, according to the virtual incising plan and corresponding with physical manipulation of the incising device by a user, to incise the maxilla. Tactile feedback is provided to the user, via the incising device, if the physical manipulation of the incising device by the user deviates from the virtual incising plan. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272790 | UNIVERSAL DIGITAL DENTAL IMPLANT SCANNING CODE AND METHOD - A universal digital implant scanning code (UDDISC) is provided on a dental implant body and/or any device attached to the dental implant body (e.g., the dental implant carrier). Implant bodies and platforms are available in many different types of sizes and configurations from many different companies. The UDDISC allows for an immediate digital scan of the dental implant in relationship to the patient's dentition. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272791 | DENTAL IMPLANT WITH IMPROVED PROSTHETIC INTERFACE - Dental implants, dental abutments, and dental systems are disclosed. A dental implant can include an implant body having a longitudinal axis, a coronal end, and an apical end. An internal bore can be provided within the implant body, and can have a coronal end, adjacent to the coronal end of the implant body, and an apical end. The internal bore can include a first internally facing surface, extending from the coronal end of the internal bore towards the apical end of the internal bore, at least a portion of which tapers inwardly towards the apical end of the internal bore. The internal bore can further include an internally threaded portion positioned between an apical end of the first internally facing surface and the apical end of the internal bore. A dental abutment can be configured to engage with the dental implant. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272792 | CONVERSION ABUTMENT FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - A conversion abutment that cements onto one-piece dental implants that convert the one-piece implant use to a retrievable screw retained implant use in retaining complete dentures, hybrids, partial dentures, or fixed screw retained crowns or bridges, allowing the flexibility to retain and remove these restorative prostheses. These conversion abutments can be fabricated as angled conversion abutments to be used with single or multiple implants placed at various angulations. The conversion abutment system consists of three parts: a cementable conversion abutment (straight or angled), a coping (short or extended), and an occlusal screw. The bottom part (or apical portion) of the implant conversion abutment will cement over the one-piece implant in use, while the top (or coronal portion) will allow a screw to fit through a coping into the implant conversion abutment, screwing the prostheses into place. | 09-18-2014 |
20140302457 | Dental Replacement Mounting System - Dental implant systems, components and methods feature use of a mounting component onto which an abutment is to be cast or soldered. The mounting component is configured with an upper end that is contoured in a spherical or other suitable manner to present a surface over which the abutment can be slid into various positions on said surface at various angles relative to an axis of the implant body on which the mounting component is supported. Accordingly, the abutment can be set at a desired angle whether the this desired orientation matches or misaligns with the axis of the implant body. | 10-09-2014 |
20140308628 | METAL MATERIALS HAVING A SURFACE LAYER OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME - The present invention relates to a multi-layer material comprising a metal or metal alloy substrate, the metal or alloy substrate being coated with an intermediate layer comprising at least one ceramic or crystalline, or partially crystalline, structure, including a metal or a metal alloy, said intermediate layer being coated with a layer of calcium phosphate having a cellular nanometric structure, and uses thereof. | 10-16-2014 |
20140315149 | MEMBRANE FOR INDUCING REGENERATION OF BONE/TISSUE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides a membrane for guided regeneration of bone and tissue comprising an organic base material and a new bone formation guide layer on one or both sides of the organic base material, the new bone formation guide layer containing a hydrophilic polymer and calcium phosphate. | 10-23-2014 |
20140322670 | IMPLANT WITH INTERNAL MULTI-LOBED INTERLOCK - A dental implant for supporting a dental prosthesis comprises a body portion and a top surface. The implant further comprises an internal cavity with an opening located at the top surface. The internal cavity comprises an interlock chamber having a depth measured from the top surface equal to a first distance. The interlock chamber comprising a cylindrical portion and plurality of semi-circular channels arranged around a periphery of the cylindrical portion. A threaded chamber that includes threads is located below the post-receiving chamber. The cylindrical portion has a first radius and the channels have a second radius, a ratio of the first radius to the second radius being between approximately 4:1. and 2:1. | 10-30-2014 |
20140335472 | Porous Three-Dimensional Structure of Polytetrafluoroethylene (Versions), Dental Implant, Vascular Implant and Tissue Implant for Substitution Plasty of Soft Tissues - A porous three-dimensional structure of polytetrafluoroethylene was created featuring an enhanced ability of soft tissue ingrowth, or, in the second embodiment, combining the properties of an enhanced ability of soft tissue ingrowth with a barrier for the deposition of the living tissue cells. In the first embodiment of the porous three-dimensional structure of polytetrafluoroethylene it contains the open through pores and the blind pores, uniformly distributed over the inner surfaces of the open pores and connected therewith, and is made of mixture of the free-flow polytetrafluoroethylene having the granules sized from 100 to 300 microns, and the constraint-flow polytetrafluoroethylene having the granules sized up to 20 microns. In the second embodiment of the porous three-dimensional structure at least one surface of the three-dimensional body is provided with a barrier layer. | 11-13-2014 |
20140356812 | ANCHOR AND TOOTHSCREW SYSTEMS - An anchoring receiver is implanted into a jaw bone region of a user and a novel screw and false tooth may be threadably inserted into the anchoring receiver. As the screw and false tooth member is screwed into the anchoring receiver, a biasible slit that bifurcates a bottom portion of the anchoring receiver may expand outwardly and against the jaw bone region of the user, thus providing a cost effective artificial tooth assembly having improved stability and firmness. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356813 | Endosseous Single Tooth Implant - The invention concerns a single tooth implant for a fixed tooth replacement having a substantially cylindrical base body which can be inserted into a bore made in a jaw bone, an abutment which can be inserted into the annular recess of the base body and having a bore for receiving a holding screw and a fixing head for the tooth replacement, and a holding screw which can be inserted into the blind bore in the base body and which passes through the abutment. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356814 | DENTAL IMPLANT HAVING ENHANCED EARLY STABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a dental implant having an enhanced early stability and a method for manufacturing same, and more specifically to a dental implant and a method for manufacturing same which assure early stability and fixation power of an implant by suppressing early osteolysis after an implant procedure, and allowing better bone coherence of the implant surface during an osteogenic period by controlling the speed of bone remodeling. | 12-04-2014 |
20140370459 | DENTAL IMPLANT AND DENTAL COMPONENT CONNECTION - A dental implant, components, and kit are provided. The implant can comprise a body, attachment means for attaching the implant to bone, and a recess. The recess can be disposed within the body and open towards a proximal end thereof. The recess can comprise a proximally-disposed receiving chamber and a distally-disposed threaded chamber. The receiving chamber can comprise an interlock chamber, which can be disposed at a distal end of the receiving chamber and have a polygonal cross-section. The implant can be multi-functional such that components for various dental prostheses and procedures can be provided having portions that can, for example, engage the interlock chamber of the implant, mate with the receiving chamber of the implant, and/or mate with the proximal end the implant for supporting the prosthesis and/or facilitating the procedure. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370460 | EXPANDABLE BONE IMPLANT - An expendable bone implant has a first member with a coronal end portion configured for supporting a prosthesis. A second member is at least partially porous, engages the first member, and is configured to expand outwardly upon a longitudinal force being applied to at least one of the first and second members. | 12-18-2014 |
20150010883 | DENTAL POST FOR SUPPORTING DENTAL PROSTHESES AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a dental post ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150010884 | DENTURE-FIXING ATTACHMENT HAVING FREELY ADJUSTABLE ANGLE AND POSITION - Disclosed is a denture-fixing attachment freely adjustable in angle and position and including a rotation guide member installed at the center of the denture-fixing attachment, having a lower portion to be inserted into a fixture groove of a fixture, a thread being formed at a rim of the fixture groove, so that the rotation guide member may be coupled with the fixture having the fixture groove, a rotation guide member angle restriction cover positioned on the rotation guide member and provided therein with a through hole, and a ball joint having a ball joint lower portion placed in a rotation guide member inside provided in a ball joint angle restriction cover. | 01-08-2015 |
20150017603 | Medical Device for Dental Prosthetic Systems, A Dental Prosthetic System, Use of the Medical Device and a Forming Method of Prosthetic Devices - A medical device ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150017604 | TOP PIECE FOR A CORRESPONDING PIN-SHAPED DENTAL IMPLANT - Top piece for a corresponding pin shaped dental implant with a platform, which features a first platform surface and a second platform surface, a retention pin placed onto the first platform surface, for the mounting of the mesostructure, a connecting pin for the connection of the platform with a pin shaped dental implant, by means of blind bore corresponding to the connecting pin, while in the first version, the edge of the platform is bulged in a direction oriented from the connection pin away, and in a second version, where the diameter of the platform is large enough, at least in part of the total angular area that it protrudes the platform where the top piece is connected to the corresponding pin shaped dental implant, in a view from above onto the second platform surface over the corresponding pin shaped dental implant. | 01-15-2015 |
20150030993 | DENTAL IMPLANT, ABUTMENT, IMPLANT SYSTEM AND IMPLANT SET - A dental implant for insertion in a jaw bone has a receiving opening arranged on a coronal end of the dental implant for an abutment, the receiving opening when viewed from the coronal end having a taper section and an indexing section, the indexing section having at least one outwardly extending groove arranged along a circular circumference, the taper section having a conical angle of less than 3°. | 01-29-2015 |
20150037756 | Method For Pre-Operative Visualization Of Instrumentation Used With A Surgical Guide For Dental Implant Placement - The invention relates to manufacturing a surgical guide to be placed in a patient's mouth. The patient's mouth is scanned to obtain surgical-region scan data at a region where an implant is to be located. The patient's mouth is also scanned in the opened position to acquire dental conditions opposite from the surgical region so as to obtain opposing-condition scan data. A virtual model is developed using the surgical-region scan data and the opposing-condition scan data. Using the virtual model, a surgical plan is developed that includes the location of the implant to be installed in the patient. A virtual surgical guide is also developed based on the surgical plan. The dimensions of instrumentation to be used with the surgical guide are checked to ensure they will fit within the mouth by use of the opposing-condition scan data. After checking, final surgical-guide manufacturing information is obtained for manufacturing the surgical guide. | 02-05-2015 |
20150044635 | ABUTMENT CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING CORE CROWNS MANUFACTURED AT VARIOUS ANGLES AND FUNCTIONING AS A HEALING ABUTMENT HAVING A CAP ATTACHED THERETO, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DENTAL IMPLANT PROSTHESES USING THE ABUTMENT, AND METHOD FOR IMPLANT SURGERY USING THE ABUTMENT - 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. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044636 | BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL BARS APT TO PREVENT THE INTERDENTAL BONE PEAK RESORPTION FOLLOWING DENTAL PROCEDURES AND / OR PERIODONTAL DISEASES - Biocompatible material bars adapted to prevent the interdental bone peak resorption following dental procedures and/or periodontal diseases are described. The biocompatible material bars have different shapes, are made out of biocompatible material and have different surface treatments, which avoid the interdental bone peaks resportion following dental procedures and/or periodontal diseases. The bars of biocompatible material are thin and likewise small-sized in length and width in order to fit the interdental bone size. The bars may have different shapes which make them suitable to be completely inserted into the interdental home, thus matching its shape and size without portions external to the bone. The bars may have surface treatments which favour their implantation and osseointegration. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044637 | DENTAL ABUTMENT SYSTEM - A dental implant screw for holding an abutment on a dental implant includes a head and a shaft. A proximal end of the shaft is coupled to the head. The shaft includes a threaded section, an outwardly tapered section leading into a recessed section, and a stop section directly between the outwardly tapered section and the recessed section. The recessed section is directly between the head and the stop section. The threaded section is directly adjacent a distal end of the shaft and is configured to engage threads of an internally threaded bore in the dental implant to hold the abutment on the dental implant. | 02-12-2015 |
20150056572 | DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IN PARTICULAR ON IMPLANTS, OPTIONALLY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF AN ENTIRE DENTAL ARCH, METHOD AND KIT FOR MAKING IT - The invention concerns a dental prosthesis ( | 02-26-2015 |
20150072309 | DENTAL IMPLANT MEMBER - A dental implant member includes an implant body for implanting into an alveolar bone, the implant body having an axial hole with a truncated cone-shaped section defined by a polygonal inner wall surface; a dental base including a low inset having a truncated cone-shaped section defined by a polygonal outer wall surface for inserting into the axial hole in such a manner that the polygonal inner and outer wall surfaces of the implant body and the dental base cooperatively define a fault-tolerance space therebetween; and a fastener unit for extending through the dental base so as to fasten the dental base securely on the implant body. | 03-12-2015 |
20150111173 | METHOD OF MAKING A DENTAL RESTORATION THAT INHIBITS TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION - A method for making a dental restoration comprises fabricating a dental workpiece from a pre-sintered dental ceramic material; sintering the dental workpiece defining a sintered dental workpiece; applying a demineralization-inhibiting material inside the pocket or hole of the workpiece; and hardening the demineralization-inhibiting material defining a hardened demineralization-inhibiting portion with an exposed surface exposed in an opening in the sintered dental workpiece. | 04-23-2015 |
20150111174 | IMPLANTS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL TOOTH - The present invention is to provide implants for an artificial tooth that does not require a period, for integration of implant bodies and a jawbone as in the background art, enables treatment even of a patient whose jawbone is small in bone amount or thickness, can reduce the treatment period and the number of times of treatment for many patients, and can lighten the mental and physical burden of a patient by minimizing the impact to the jawbone, and this invention is characterized by the following means, an artificial tooth, implant device with an arrangement where at least two implant bodies, each having a shaft portion, form a pair, a hook portion, hooked in a hook hole bored in a jawbone, is provided on the shaft portion of each implant body, the hook, portion is bent with respect to the shaft portion, and when the respective implant bodies are hooked onto the jawbone, tip portions of the hook portions are positioned so as to face each other inwardly, the arrangement being provided with a fixing means for fixing the implant bodies to each other. | 04-23-2015 |
20150118647 | DEVICE FOR EMOVABLE ATTACHMENT OF DENTAL PROSTHESIS - The present invention relates to a device for the attachment of dental prosthesis, consisting of a male component which can be anchored into a jaw and a removable attachable female component for receiving the artificial teeth. The device includes at least one spring element and at least one retention element. At least one spring element is a leaf spring element which is made of superelastic material and connected by one of its end to a removable female component or the installed male component of the dental prosthesis and has a convex part on its second end for tight friction contacting with the retention element of opposite component of the dental prosthesis. | 04-30-2015 |
20150125818 | SUB-PERIOSTEAL EXTENSION FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant comprising a subperiosteal extension, said extension extending radially beyond a radius of a post of said dental implant. A device for mounting onto a dental implant configured to extend said dental implant to comprise a subperiosteal extension, said device extending radially beyond an interface between bone and said dental implant. A method of implanting a dental implant comprising elevating a mucoperiosteal flap at site of implantation, drilling a hole for inserting a dental implant comprising a subperiosteal extension, inserting said dental implant, and covering said subperiosteal extension with said mucoperiosteal flap. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 05-07-2015 |
20150140509 | DENTAL IMPLANT - There is provided a dental implant which can prevent peri-implantitis and in which an affinity of a jawbone embedded portion embedded into the jawbone with the jawbone is not degraded. In a dental implant, at least a region of a gingiva contacting portion which is in contact with gingiva, is antibacterially treated, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of an outer surface of the region is set to 2 μm or less. At least the region of the gingiva contacting portion has antibacterial properties, and becomes such a surface texture that bacteria are less prone to attach to and stay in the region, and the region is prone to be in close contact with the gingiva. | 05-21-2015 |
20150147720 | Tooth-Replacement Implant - The present invention relates to a tooth-replacement implant, comprising: a main body portion and a root cervical portion, wherein the root body portion has a plurality of lateral pores and a hollow thorough hole at the bottom. Further, a collagen coating layer and an anti-bacterial coating layer are formed on the surface of the body portion root. Therefore, the present invention may increase bone contact area and enhance stability, and thereby avoiding compressing nerve to cause paralysis of perception through the implant and avoiding the sinus perforation. | 05-28-2015 |
20150289952 | Method and Apparatus for Recording Spatial Gingival Soft Tissue Relationship to Implant Placement Within Alveolar Bone for Immediate-Implant Placement - A dental implant has a hollow shell with outer bio-compatible surface for engaging a soft tissue socket left in gingival tissue after a tooth has been extracted, to promote healing. The shell tapers outwardly from a first to a second perimeter, the second perimeter being asymmetrically scalloped with opposite distal and mesial peaks and opposite lingual and facial valleys between the peaks. A dental implant in the bone socket left after tooth extraction is rigidly connected to a temporary post, the temporary post extending in the shell. The shell engages against the soft tissue socket without gaps and without requiring alignment between the shell and implant axes. | 10-15-2015 |
20150297322 | DEVICES FOR CONNECTING A DENTAL PROSTHETIC CONSTRUCTION TO A JAWBONE - A male piece for reversible and detachable connection of a dental prosthetic construction to a jawbone, said male piece being designed with a fastening structure, by means of which the male piece can be fastened onto the jawbone, onto an implant that has been implanted in the jawbone, onto a tooth stump or onto a neighboring tooth, comprising a body section having an exterior surface corresponding to a lateral surface of a cylinder, such that the central axis of the cylinder defines a longitudinal axis of the male piece; a snap-on section, which is offset axially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the male piece relative to the body section, said snap-on section, comprising an exterior surface with a convex curvature along the longitudinal axis, which protrudes outward from the longitudinal axis of the male piece beyond the exterior surface of the body section; and a head end, which terminates the male piece axially with respect to its longitudinal axis, wherein the snap-on section is arranged closer to the head end than is the body section, and a concave intermediate section is arranged between and the head end and the convexly curved exterior surface of the snap-on section. | 10-22-2015 |
20150305835 | DENTAL IMPLANT SET - A dental implant set has: an implant, a granular bone substitute material, and a membrane. To provide an implant set of this type, by which the process of augmentation is improved, the bone substitute material and the membrane are of a hard and solid consistency. | 10-29-2015 |
20150305836 | ABUTMENT AND METHOD OF ATTACHING AN ABUTMENT TO A DENTAL IMPLANT - The present invention relates to an abutment ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150313690 | DENTAL DEVICE FIXING UNIT SECURED RESILIENTLY INTO IMPLANTS AND/OR DENTAL DEVICE FIXING UNIT SECURED INTO IMPLANTS ENABLING OPTIONAL ANGULAR POSITION ADJUSTMENT - Dental device fixing unit ( | 11-05-2015 |
20150313692 | METHODS AND TOOLING FOR DENTAL IMPLANT - A method of implanting a fixture for a dental implant and taking an impression including, during a procedure drilling a hole in mucosa while simultaneously drilling a smaller diameter concentric pilot hole in a jaw bone with the same drill, inserting an implant fixture including an abutment connection socket into the jaw bone, wherein a stub is connected to the abutment connection socket, placing a material for dental impression into a volume which includes the stub, and pulling the dental impression off the implant fixture. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 11-05-2015 |
20150313694 | Hollow superstructure for a dental prosthesis - A superstructure for oral, dental and maxillofacial prostheses includes at least one anchoring dental element and at least one additional dental element, wherein the additional dental element has an internal hollow portion forming a closed cavity inside the same element. With respect to the known technology in the field, the superstructure of the invention offers the advantage of being lighter, more comfortable and less bothersome for the user, thanks to the substantial reduction in weight due to the smaller quantities of material used for producing it. | 11-05-2015 |
20150320521 | DENTAL IMPLANT DEVICES, KITS, AND METHODS - Dental implant devices, kits, and methods for implantation or use in a bone cavity, are disclosed. A dental implant can include a body portion, extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis, including a central bore extending from the proximal end to a termination point, located proximal of the distal end. The dental implant can further include and one or more channels extending between the central bore and an exterior surface of the body portion. A kit can include a set of different sized dental implants, a set of slugs including a resorbable material, and optionally, an injection tool. A method can include inserting the dental implant into a bone cavity, introducing a resorbable material into the central bore of the body portion, and permitting the resorbable material to flow from the central bore, through the one or more channels, and into the bone cavity. | 11-12-2015 |
20150320522 | ANGULAR CONNECTOR/MILLING CUTTER - A device for the perforating extension of a blind bore introduced into a jawbone, includes a hollow body defining a hollow space and having a distal working opening and an inlet opening opposite the working opening, and being sealingly insertable into the blind bore, a working tool connected with the hollow body so as to form a common unit with the hollow body, a shaft arranged on the working tool and having a distal tool head for working on the jawbone, said shaft being insertable into the hollow space through the inlet opening, said distal tool head being at least partially guidable through the working opening for working on the jawbone, a connection fluidly connected to the hollow body for establishing an internal pressure in the hollow, and an adjustment mechanism provided in or on the device for axial movement or linear forward feed of the shaft in the hollow space along a longitudinal axis of the shaft and the hollow space | 11-12-2015 |
20150335401 | ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR REMOVABLE DENTAL PROSTHESIS AND DENTAL IMPLANT ABUTMENT - A dental prosthesis attachment system is for an endosseous dental implant. The dental prosthesis attachment system includes: a removable dental prosthesis; a dental prosthesis portion secured to the removable dental prosthesis; and a dental implant portion securable to the dental implant and removably engageable with the dental prosthesis portion. The dental prosthesis portion includes an open-ended dental prosthesis sleeve having an outer surface and an inner cavity. The outer surface is secured to the dental prosthesis and the inner cavity is lined with a retention material defining an inner peripheral wall having at least one of a protrusion and a recess. The dental implant portion includes an attachment pillar removably insertable within the inner cavity of the dental prosthesis portion. The attachment pillar has a peripheral wall provided with at least one of a protrusion and a recess removably interlocked with the at least one of the recess and the protrusion on the inner peripheral wall of the inner cavity. | 11-26-2015 |
20150342709 | AUTOGRAFTING OSTEOTOME - A fluted osteotome is rotated in one direction to enlarge an osteotomy by burnishing, and by cutting/drilling when turned in an opposite direction. A conically tapered body has an apical end with lips. The lips are set to grind bone when rotated in the burnishing direction and cut bone when toned in the cutting/drilling direction. Helical flutes and interposed lands are disposed about the body. The flutes each have a working edge that burnishes bone when rotated in the burnishing direction and cuts bone when turned in the cutting/drilling direction. The lips and lands generate an opposing axial reaction force that improves surgical control. The osteotome auto-grafts bone by reapplying ground particles in a compacted manner along the entire depth of the osteotomy, particularly at the bottom. | 12-03-2015 |
20150351866 | Method for Establishing Drill Trajectory for Dental Implants - Aligning a drill bit for preparing a bore to receive a dental implant. Using a frame to position cartridges, the frame fitting patient anatomy and having a chamber to receive cartridges. Creating an initial cartridge with an opening to receive a guide sleeve. Optionally, mounting at least one measuring device assembly onto the initial assembly so that measuring device assembly takes measurements with a known relationship to the initial linear trajectory. Using the measurements to enhance a model of the surgical site and to select a surgical linear trajectory for a surgical bore to stay within bone found at the surgical site. Placing a surgical cartridge into the chamber; and placing a guide sleeve in the surgical cartridge with the guide sleeve oriented along the surgical linear trajectory to constrain a drilling trajectory of a drill bit along the surgical trajectory. Many variations disclosed. | 12-10-2015 |
20150351876 | DENTAL ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY CAP AND METHOD OF USE - A dental attachment assembly and method anchors a dental appliance with an implant and has an abutment member attached to the implant, a retention member in releasable snap engagement with the abutment member, and a cap secured in a recess of the dental appliance and in releasable swivel engagement with the retention member to position and secure the dental appliance onto the implant. The cap includes a cavity with a rounded, concave inner surface which engages with the retention member, an interior top surface of the cavity with a concave recess extending radially along an outer periphery of the interior top surface of the cavity to allow for rotation of the retention member within the cap. A central portion of the interior top surface of the cavity surrounded by the concave recess therefore protrudes vertically into the cavity to minimize vertical displacement of the retention member as it rotates. | 12-10-2015 |
20150351877 | DENTAL PROSTHETIC ARRANGEMENT AND DENTAL PROSTHETIC SYSTEM - A dental prosthetic arrangement and a dental prosthetic system include a combination of a lower part assigned to a jaw implant and an upper part assigned to a prosthesis body in a connection section, wherein in particular two bearing faces are produced in the connection section when in the connected state, the bearing faces being cylindrical, preferably circular-cylindrical in relation to a center axis and being spaced apart from each other in the axial direction. The axial extent of the cylindrical bearing faces is advantageously small compared to the axial extent of the connection section. The two cylindrical bearing faces are preferably situated in axially opposite end regions of the connection section and are connected to each other by approximately conical wall faces of a cut-out in the upper part and a projection of the lower part that projects into the latter. | 12-10-2015 |
20150359612 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BONE AUGMENTATION - A scaffold for bone augmentation constituted of: a superstructure configured and dimensioned to substantially ameliorate a bone defect, the superstructure comprising: a biocompatible material having a strength and tensility sufficient to be permanently stationed between an upper jaw and a lower jaw; a first face arranged to face the bone defect; a second face, opposing the first face; a plurality of perforations extending from the first face to the second face; and bone augmentation material deposited within said plurality of perforations, wherein the perforations are of a size sufficient to secure bone augmentation material deposited within the plurality of perforations. | 12-17-2015 |
20150359613 | Ceramic Body, in Particular for Use As a Dental Implant - A ceramic body ( | 12-17-2015 |
20160008101 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A FINAL DENTAL PROSTHESIS | 01-14-2016 |
20160008104 | DENTAL ABUTMENT, ABUTMENT AND SCREW ASSEMBLY, AND DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
20160008110 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A FINAL DENTAL PROSTHESIS | 01-14-2016 |
20160015484 | One-Part or Multi-Part Implant System Comprising a Mounting Element Having One or More Outer Rings - The present invention relates to a mounting element ( | 01-21-2016 |
20160015485 | DEVICE FOR USE IN DENTAL TECHNOLOGY - The present invention concerns a device ( | 01-21-2016 |
20160015486 | INTEGRAL-TYPE IMPLANT - Disclosed is an integral-type implant including an intraosseous implant part, a gum penetration part, and a prosthetic appliance attachment part integrated with each other to solve an aesthetic problem which is not solved in a conventional integral-type implant so that an aesthetic customized prosthetic appliance is attached and then the final prosthetic appliance is attached to the aesthetic customized prosthetic appliance. The integral-type implant includes the intraosseous implant part is provided integrally with a lower portion of the integral-type implant and buried in an alveolar bone, the gum penetration part is provided integrally with an upper portion of the intraosseous implant part and buried in a gum to cover the alveolar bone, the prosthetic appliance attachment part provided integrally with an upper portion of the gum penetration part to attach a final prosthetic appliance, which is molded in a dental technical laboratory or formed in CAD/CAM, thereto; and a prosthetic appliance attachment central hole having a through hole extending from an upper end surface of the prosthetic appliance attachment part toward the intraosseous implant part such that the final prosthetic appliance is attached to an inner surface of the through hole. | 01-21-2016 |
20160022385 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A dental implant system including a prosthodontic base having first and second opposing surfaces, the first surface configured to conform to and abut an edentulous ridge of a patient, the second surface having a post extending outwardly therefrom, the prosthodontic base defining at least one hole for receiving an implant. The system further including a restoration having at least one artificial tooth, the restoration defining an opening to receive the post, the restoration being attachable to the post. The system further includes an implant having a head and a body, the body of the implant insertable through the hole in the prosthodontic base and into a bone of the patient for attaching the prosthodontic base to the edentulous ridge. The dental implant system providing for efficient, minimum invasive and permanent teeth replacement for the patient. A method of providing one or more teeth replacement for a patient is also disclosed. | 01-28-2016 |
20160022397 | SET OF DENTAL IMPLANTATION KITS - Set of implant kits comprising for each kit an implant pack comprising a dental implant, a cover screw and a healing screw provided for being screwed in the implant, a terminal drill provided for drilling in the jawbone at the place where the implant has to be implanted, and having a dimension compatible to the one of the implant, a screwing tool provided for being inserted into the implant and screw; and a prosthetic pack comprising a prosthetic abutment having an intra-implant part provided for being sealed or glued in the implant, and an extra-implant part provided for applying thereon a prosthesis, a castable abutment acting as a transfer coping, an analogous of the implant reproducing the implant at the laboratory; said set comprising a predetermined number of kits, to each kits there is each time allotted a diameter and a length respective of the implant selected among a predetermined number of combinations of implant diameters and lengths. | 01-28-2016 |
20160030140 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM HAVING ENHANCED SOFT-TISSUE GROWTH FEATURES - A dental implant system including an implant and an abutment is disclosed. The implant includes a generally cylindrical body, a central axis, a distal end for anchoring in a patient's bone and a proximal end opposing the distal end. The proximal end includes a roughened lateralized surface that surrounds an abutment-engaging region. The lateralized surface is disposed at a negative slope relative to the central axis. The abutment includes an upper portion for supporting a tooth-like prosthesis and a lower portion for engaging the abutment-engaging region of the dental implant. The diameter of the lower portion of the abutment is smaller than the diameter of the implant at its proximal end. The lower portion includes a first surface with a soft-tissue enhancing material. The first surface and the lateralized surface defining a circumferentially extending recess having a V-shaped cross-section for receiving and attachment to the soft tissue. | 02-04-2016 |
20160038260 | METHODS FOR DISPLACING THE SCHNEIDERIAN MEMBRANE - Bioresorbable inflatable devices and tunnel incision tool and methods for treating and enlarging a tissue or an organ or a tube or a vessel or a cavity. The device is composed of a hollow expanding pouch made of a resorbable material or a perforated material that can be attached to a filling element. The pouch can be filled with a biocompatible materials, one or more times in few days interval, after the insertion of the device. While filling the pouch every few days the tissue expands and the filling material if it is bioactive start to function. The tunnel incision tool composed of a little blade that emerges from the surface of the tool in order to make shallow incisions in the surrounding tissue therefore enabling easy expansion of the tissue. This device and method can be used for example for: horizontal and vertical bone augmentation in the jaws and the tunnel incision tool is used to make shallow incisions in the periosteum when using the tunnel technique, sinus augmentation when the device is placed beneath the Schneiderian tissue, vessels widening if the pouch become a stent, fixating bone fractures etc. | 02-11-2016 |
20160059395 | TORQUE WRENCH - As torque wrench ( | 03-03-2016 |
20160081770 | ABUTMENT HAVING A CORE | 03-24-2016 |
20160081772 | DENTAL RESTORATION - The invention relates to a dental restoration, having a base which in particular comprises an implant ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160100901 | DENTAL EXPANSION ASSEMBLY - An assembly for expansion of tissue according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body extending between proximal and distal ends. The body includes a head portion at the proximal end, and at least two arm portions extending between the head portion and the distal end to define an actuation cavity. Each of the at least two arm portions are configured to abut tissue. An actuation member is received in the actuation cavity. The actuation member is moveable to vary a distance between the at least two arm portions at the distal end. | 04-14-2016 |
20160100916 | IMPLANT ARRANGEMENT WITH AN INTERNAL SOCKET FOR A TURNING TOOL - An implant is provided with an upper portion in which an internal socket extends. The implant can be tightened by a turning instrument which has first lateral surfaces that can cooperate with corresponding second lateral surfaces in the internal socket. One or more of the first and/or second lateral surfaces is/are arranged completely or partially with friction-enhancing means. The implant and the tool are arranged with interacting parts which extend beyond the first and second lateral surfaces and completely or substantially take up bending moments which act in or on said portion or are directed toward said portion and occur in the event of skewing, or a tendency toward skewing, between the implant and the tool. The arrangement counteracts mechanical stresses in said portion, the latter being able to retain its original shape even in the case of implants with small dimensions. | 04-14-2016 |
20160106523 | KIT AND METHOD FOR TAKING DENTAL IMPRESSIONS AND FORMING DENTAL MODELS - A first assembly is provided for forming the dental impression and a second assembly for forming the dental model, wherein the first assembly includes an impression post; a first coupler for coupling the impression post with a dental implant affixed within the mouth; and an impression cap for positioning on the impression post. The second assembly includes: a model post; a second coupler for coupling the model post with a dental analog; and the impression cap. The impression cap has a first and second securing means, both for selectively securing the impression cap to the impression post and to the model post. | 04-21-2016 |
20160113739 | DENTAL IMPLANT DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention relates to a dental implant device and a method for using the same and in particular, to such a device and method in which the implant device projects the implant anchor's location, orientation and axis while facilitating the treatment of the peri-implant tissues. | 04-28-2016 |
20160113740 | SET OF DENTAL COMPONENTS - According to an aspect of the invention, in a set of male dental components, such as abutment screws, each male dental component has a threaded portion with different core diameter. Each male dental component is to be connected to a mating female dental component, such as an abutment. The smaller core diameter a threaded portion has, the higher friction is provided when the male dental component is finally tightened to its mating female dental component, even though the same insertion torque is applied to all male dental components. | 04-28-2016 |
20160128808 | PROSTHODONTIC DEVICE WITH DETACHABLE SUPRASTRUCTURE AND RELATED SCREW - A detachable prosthodontic device includes an abutment, a suprastructure, and a screw. The abutment includes a hollow chamber. A screw hole is arranged on an abutment wall of the hollow chamber. The suprastructure is provided with a receiving region and an inner surface surrounding the receiving region. The screw includes a screw head and a screw rod. The screw head includes a contact member and a guiding member. When the screw is mounted in the screw hole, a portion of the screw head protrudes outward from an outer surface of the hollow chamber. When the suprastructure is sleeved onto the abutment, partial area of the outer surface of the hollow chamber contacts with partial area of the inner surface of the suprastructure, and the screw head supports an opposing side of the inner surface to apply a force onto the inner surface to thereby retain the suprastructure onto the abutment. | 05-12-2016 |
20160128810 | GUIDED SINUS LIFT - A method and apparatus are herein provided, the method including: receiving a three dimensional virtual model of a maxillary alveolar bone of a patient, and a digital dental implant plan that defines a planned dental implant site of the maxillary bone; receiving a set of values consisting of predefined distances; creating a virtual model of a surgical guide stent for placement against an occlusal surface, wherein the virtual model of the surgical guide stent defines: a hole through the surgical guide stent at a site corresponding to the planned dental implant site defined in the digital dental implant plan, and an inferior surface surrounding the hole; and outputting the virtual model of the surgical guide stent in association with the one of the predefined distances. | 05-12-2016 |
20160143710 | FIXED HYBRID DENTAL ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USE - A frictionally-retained detachable dental attachment assembly or anchor device is designed to attach a dental appliance with a tooth root or implant. The assembly includes a denture attachment housing for securing in the dental appliance, an abutment attached with a tooth root or implant, and a compressible retention member with a first end in fixed attachment with the cap and a second end in snap engagement with the abutment via a frictionally-retained ball secured within a cavity of the abutment. The retention member is formed using a compressible material to allow the ball to compress and the retention member to flex while inserting the ball into the cavity. Additional friction-retained and fixed attachment configurations of the dental anchor device are provided, along with methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the friction-retained and fixed attachment dental anchor devices. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160157965 | DENTAL BONE IMPLANT AND IMPLANT METHOD - A dental bone implant constituted of: a superstructure sized and shaped to fit tightly to a periodontal alveolar bone, the superstructure constituted of: a first face arranged to face a surface of the periodontal alveolar bone; a second face, opposing the first face; and a plurality of perforations extending from the first face to the second face, and non-solidified bone augmentation material deposited within the plurality of perforations, wherein the perforations are of a size sufficient to secure the non-solidified bone augmentation material deposited within the plurality of perforations. | 06-09-2016 |
20160157975 | IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Provided is a unit dose dental implant system for oral surgery that includes 1) an implant component, or simply “implant”; 2) an prosthetic abutment component, or simply “abutment”; 3) a healing abutment cap; 4) a locking screw; and 5) a plurality of tools. The implant and abutment are typically deployed in two stages. A first stage involves the surgical placement of the implant into the jaw of a patient. A second stage is a restorative procedure utilizing the abutment. Staging is used to allow patient healing and to allow boney growth to develop on the implant prior to the restorative procedure. The implant, abutment and the tools necessary for the procedures are provide in a sterile condition in a multi-stage container. The implant and the corresponding tools are provided in a first container and the abutment and corresponding tools are provided in a second container. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160374782 | DENTAL PROSTHESIS ARRANGEMENT - A dental prosthesis arrangement is composed of at least one jaw implant with a superstructure, which are connected to each other in a connection portion via a lower part assigned to the jaw implant and an upper part assigned to the superstructure. In the connection portion, the lower part engages in the upper part along a central axis. The lower part is supported against the upper part at several contact faces. The lower part and the upper part are connected releasably to each other via a securing device which provides a retaining force against axial withdrawal of the upper part from the lower part, wherein different securing devices can be selected if a first radially inwardly directed structure is provided on the lower part and a second radially outwardly directed structure is provided on the upper part for receiving a holding element and can be fixed by at least one further element passing through the upper part and connected to the lower part. | 12-29-2016 |
20160374783 | ABUTMENT POSITION LOCATOR - The present application relates to a fitting for insertion into a dental implant in an insertion orientation defining a central insertion axis and an insertion direction of the fitting. The fitting includes at least one resilient spring member being expandable perpendicularly to the insertion axis of the fitting for impeding a movement of the fitting relative to the dental implant along the insertion axis when inserted into the dental implant. It further includes an alignment feature for rotationally aligning the fitting relative to the dental implant about the insertion axis. The fitting is characterized in that the alignment feature extends further in the insertion direction than the spring member. | 12-29-2016 |
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20220133442 | IMPRESSION POST FOR CONNECTION TO A DENTAL IMPLANT - An impression post for connection to a dental implant, the impression post having a post element being connectible to the dental implant, is disclosed. An annular emergence element is detachably connected to the post element. An inner diameter of the emergence element is configured and adapted to an outer diameter of an axial portion on the post element, and the emergence element can be held in place in a predeterminable axial position of a longitudinal extent of the post element by a positioning element. | 05-05-2022 |