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US 2015/0305836 A1Published application
Abutment and method of attaching an abutment to a dental implant
AssigneeNobel Biocare Services AG
InventorsThomas Fischer, Henrik Peterson, David Sollberger, Thomas Eriksson, Lars Jorneus, Adrian Haus, Mikael Brunell
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an abutment (10, 100), comprising: a ceramic part (12, 112); and a metal adapter (14, 114) removably attachable to the ceramic part, wherein the metal adapter has a conical connection interface (16) for attachment to a dental implant (18). The present invention also relates to a method of attaching an abutment (10) to a dental implant (18).
Claims15
An abutment, comprising:
- a ceramic part;
- and
- a metal adapter removably attachable to the ceramic part,
- wherein the metal adapter has a conical connection interface adapted to attach to a dental implant,
- wherein the metal adapter comprises at least one flexible arm with a protrusion adapted to press against a side wall and/or snap into any corresponding recess of the ceramic part to secure the metal adapter to the ceramic part in the coronal-apical direction, and
- wherein the metal adapter comprises at least one convex surface adapted to abut against at least one corresponding concave surface of the ceramic part to prevent rotation between the ceramic part and the metal adapter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.