Implant collar and post system

An assembly for use in prosthetic implant restorations in dentistry including an implant having an internal implant passage, the assembly comprising in combination:

• an adaptor chosen to be compatible to and receivable on an associated implant and having a first portion adapted to extend above an implant when in use, an gingival collar to be mounted on the adaptor and having a depth to conform to the depth between a jaw bone and gum line of a particular patient, means for adjusting the relative angular positions of the adaptor and the gingival collar to compensate for angulated implants, an abutment post receivable on the gingival collar and having an external surface dimensioned to receive a crown or a coping, means for adjusting the relative angular positions of the adaptor and an associated implant when mounted on an implant in use to compensate for angulated implants, first means for securing the adaptor to an associated implant when in use, and second means for securing the gingival collar to the adaptor and wherein said abutment post has a passage for receiving a fastening means.

An assembly for use in prosthetic implant restorations in dentistry including an implant having an internal implant passage, the assembly comprising in combination:

• an adaptor chosen to be compatible to and receivable on an associated implant and having a first portion adapted to extend above an implant when in use, a gingival collar to be mounted on the adaptor and having a depth to conform to the depth between a jaw bone and gum line of a particular patient, means for adjusting the relative angular positions of the adaptor and the gingival collar to compensate for angulated implants, an abutment post receivable on the gingival collar, means for adjusting the relative angular positions of the adaptor and an associated implant to compensate for angulated implants when in use, first means for securing the adaptor to an associated implant, and second means for securing the gingival collar to the adaptor and wherein said means for securing the adaptor to an associated implant includes a first screw having external threads engageable with threads in the passage of an implant, said screw being axially receivable through the adaptor and having a first shoulder engageable with portions of said adaptor.

For use in securing a combined gingival collar and abutment post to a dental implant having an internal axial passage, an adaptor including a rigid body having means for releasably securing the body to an associated implant when in use, said means including an axial passage in the body, a shoulder in the body about said passage in the body and a screw engaged on the shoulder and adapted to be received in an associated implant, said body having a flange intermediate the ends thereof for receiving a combined collar and abutment, said body having on one side of the flange a post dimensioned to extend in an axial passage of a combined gingival collar and abutment for adjusting the relative angular positions between the combined collar and abutment and the adaptor, said post having an octagon-shaped external surface to match a surface on the passage of the combined collar and abutment and wherein said body has in a lower end thereof means including a hexagon-shaped recess for receiving a portion of an implant and for adjusting the angular position of the body relative thereto.

For use in securing an abutment post to a dental implant having an internal axial passage, an adaptor constituting a piece separate from the abutment post and implant and adapted to be adjustable relative thereto, said adaptor including a rigid body receivable on an associated implant when in use and having means including a shoulder for receiving a fastener for releasably securing the body on an implant when in use, said body having a flange intermediate the ends thereof for receiving a gingival collar, said body having on one side of the flange a post for receiving said collar, said body having an axially extending through passage for receiving fastener means for securing the collar to the body and the body to an associated implant, and wherein said adaptor body has on a lower end thereof a hexagonal surface for mating with a hexagonal surface on an implant, said post having an octagonal external surface for mating with an octagonal internal surface on a collar, and wherein said adaptor body has a second shoulder on an upper end thereof for receiving fastener means for securing the collar to said body.