Snap-on two-piece emergence profile healing abutment
AssigneeUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore
InventorSang-Hoon Park
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Abstract
A snap-on two-piece emergence profile healing abutment provides a trans-gingival piece that can create various gingival shapes and contours of the dental implant emergence profile. The device consists of two main components: a central piece similar to standard healing abutments, having multiple facets; and an interchangeable outer piece used as a gingival emergence profile shell. The gingival emergence profile shell can be configured in various sizes and shapes to best estimate the size and shape of a dental crown to be restored.
Claims17
A gingival emergence profile, comprising:
- an abutment piece having a generally cylindrical body with a threaded post on an end of said elongate body, said body having a detent around the periphery of the body and a plurality of facets on a top surface thereof;
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- a shell for providing gingival support, comprising a shell body having a distal end and a proximal end with a sidewall extending therebetween defining a sleeve interior, said sidewall having an interior wall with a lip formed thereon, said body having a rim on the proximal end, wherein said rim overlaps at least a portion of the top surface of the abutment piece and includes a plurality of facets on an inner surface thereof.
A method of providing gingival support during a dental implant procedure, comprising the steps of:
- securing a distal end of a dental implant body into a dental bone socket of a patient;
- engaging a distal end of a cylindrical abutment piece with a receiving socket of the dental implant body at a proximal end of the dental implant body, wherein the cylindrical abutment piece comprises a detent circumscribing a periphery thereof;
- placing a shell body having a distal end and a proximal end with a sidewall extending therebetween defining a sleeve interior over the cylindrical abutment piece so that the interior of the sleeve body at least partially receives the abutment piece therein, said shell comprising a lip formed thereon;
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- affixing the shell in a desired orientation about the abutment piece, wherein the lip engages the detent.
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