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US 12,090,009 B2Granted
Supra structure abutment holder as well as process for providing a bonding gap
AssigneeIvoclar Vivadent AG
InventorGoran Burger
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Abstract
The invention concerns a supra structure abutment holder for holding an arrangement of supra structure 16 and abutment 14, with a clamping device 12 for the arrangement, and is characterized in that clamping device 12 is adjustable in its height relative to an auxiliary device 26, in particular via threads.
Claims8
A system comprising
- a supra structure abutment holder comprising a clamping device (12), and an auxiliary device (26), wherein the auxiliary device comprises a tractive device (28) and a flat block (30),
- a supra structure (16), and
- an abutment (14),
- wherein the supra structure and the abutment are clamped between the auxiliary device (26) and the clamping device (12) and are held in positive-fit engagement with each other,
- wherein the clamping device (12) comprises threads for adjusting a height, relative to the auxiliary device (26),
- wherein the clamping device (12) is both disposed along and adjustable along a longitudinal axis of the supra structure (16) and the abutment (14),
- wherein the flat block (30) is provided to be flexible, or is provided with a surface which is flexible and facing towards the supra structure, and is elastically deformed by an incisal or an occlusal surface of the supra structure (16),
- wherein the flat block (30) is provided on one side, with depressions for accommodating the occlusal surface of the supra structure and/or, on the other side, at least one depression for accommodating the incisal surface of the supra structure,
- wherein the tractive device (28) overlaps the flat block (30), such that the flat block (30) exerts pressure in the direction of the supra structure (16),
- wherein the clamping device (12) is configured to clamp the supra structure (16) and then abutment (14) in place along the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the positive-fit engagement made up of the supra structure (16) and the abutment (14) is accessible from a side while clamped between the auxiliary device (26) and the clamping device (12), and a bonding gap (18) is visible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.