Screwless dental implant connection
AssigneeBiomet 3i, LLC
InventorsMiguel G. Montero, Zachary B. Suttin, David Rebollar
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AssigneeBiomet 3i, LLC
InventorsMiguel G. Montero, Zachary B. Suttin, David Rebollar
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A dental restoration system is disclosed. A dental restoration system includes an implant, retention component, dental component and driver tool. The retention component is seatable in a retention chamber of the implant. The retention component includes a driver section for interfacing with a driving head of the driver tool and a dental component engagement section with a threaded surface. The dental component includes a retention component interface surface with threads. The dental component engages the retention component via the threaded surface interlocking with the threads of the retention component interface surface when the dental component is inserted in the implant. The driver tool is used to rotate the retention component to engage the dental component apically. The retention component contacts the retention component wall and the dental component contacts an annular shoulder of the implant when the dental component is fully attached to the implant.
A dental restoration system comprising:
A method of connecting a mating component to an implant via a retention component, wherein the implant includes a tip, a cylindrical body and an open end having an annular shoulder, the cylindrical body including a retention component chamber having a retention component wall, and wherein the retention component includes a driver section for interfacing with a driving head of a driver tool and a dental component engagement section with a threaded surface, the method comprising;
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