Integrated Support Device For Providing Temporary Primary Stability to Dental Implants and Prosthesis, and Related Methods
AssigneeNatural Dental Implants AG
InventorsRuedger Rubbert, Lea Ellermeier Nesbit
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Abstract
Integrated support devices for providing temporary primary stability to a dental prosthesis implant, each individually designed and manufactured for a specific pre-identify patient are also provided. An integrated support device can include a prosthesis interface member configured to connect to an abutment or reduced sized portion of a dental prosthesis/implant. The integrated support device also includes one or more bonding wings for connecting to the adjacent healthy teeth.
Claims35
An integrated support device for providing temporary primary stability to a dental implant positioned in a jawbone cavity of a specific pre-identified patient, the integrated support device comprising:
- a prosthesis interface member configured to engage and land atop and surround substantial portions of an occlusal extending rising of a dental prosthesis component comprising the dental implant positioned within a jawbone cavity of a pre-identified patient;
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- a bonding wing integral with the prosthesis interface member and configured to bond to a corresponding adjacent functional tooth adjacent the jaw bone cavity when operably positioned thereon to at least substantially rigidly fixate the prosthesis interface member to stabilize and provide temporary primary stability to the dental implant and to maintain the dental implant at a user desired position and inclination having a geometrical relation to one or more adjacent functional teeth adjacent the jawbone cavity and located adjacent the dental implant when the dental implant is positioned within and being integrated into the jawbone cavity of the pre-identified patient, the integrated support device shaped prior to the insertion of the dental implant into the jawbone cavity of the specific pre-identified patient.
An integrated support device for providing temporary primary stability to a dental implant positioned in a jawbone cavity of a specific pre-identified patient, the integrated support device comprising:
- a prosthesis interface member configured to engage and land atop and surround substantial portions of an occlusal-facing surface of an occlusal extending portion of a dental prosthesis component connected to or integral with a dental implant;
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- a bonding wing substantially rigidly connected to or integral with the prosthesis interface member and configured to bond to a corresponding adjacent functional tooth adjacent the jaw bone cavity when operably positioned thereon to at least substantially rigidly fixate the prosthesis interface member to thereby stabilize the dental implant in a user desired position and inclination and provide temporary primary stability to the dental implant when the dental implant is positioned within and being integrated into the jawbone cavity.
A method of designing and manufacturing an integrated support device for a dental prosthesis to replace a non-functional tooth of a pre-identified patient, the method comprising the step of designing the integrated support device to stabilize and provide temporary primary stability to a dental implant portion of the dental prosthesis when the dental implant is positioned within and being integrated into a jawbone cavity of the pre-identified patient, the step of designing the integrated support device including the steps of:
- receiving data describing a three-dimensional surface shape of at least portions of at least one of the following:
- a specific non-functional natural tooth of a pre-identified patient to be replaced by the dental prosthesis, and an occlusal extending portion of a dental prosthesis component;
- forming a virtual prosthesis component interface model modeling outer dimensions of an occlusal extending recess extending within a body of a prosthesis interface member;
- forming a virtual prosthesis component model modeling an outer surface of an occlusal-facing portion of the dental prosthesis component to define at least an occlusal-facing outer surface portion of a prosthesis interface member;
- combining the virtual prosthesis component interface model with the virtual prosthesis component model to form a virtual prosthesis interface member model modeling a prosthesis interface member having an occlusal-facing recess extending into a body of the prosthesis interface member and shaped to interface with an occlusal-facing surface of the occlusal extending portion of the dental prosthesis component, the prosthesis interface member configured to engage and land atop and surround substantial portions of the occlusal-facing surface of the occlusal extending portion of the dental prosthesis component;
- forming a virtual bonding wing model modeling a bonding wing having a tooth-facing surface configured to bond to a corresponding adjacent functional tooth adjacent the jaw bone cavity when operably positioned thereon to at least substantially rigidly fixate the prosthesis interface member to thereby stabilize the dental implant in a user desired position and inclination and provide temporary primary stability to the dental implant when the dental implant is positioned within and being integrated into the jawbone cavity;
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- combining the virtual bonding wing model with the virtual prosthesis interface member model to form a virtual integrated support device model modeling the integrated support device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.