Prosthetic implant restoration method
AssigneeNobel Biocare AB
InventorsAbraham Ingber, Vincent Joseph Prestipino
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Abstract
A healing abutment embedded in edentulous bone remains in its implantation site in contouring contact with gingival tissue and has an impression coping mounted directly thereon for data transfer of the healing abutment position and shape to a replica of the implantation site on which a restorative prosthesis is formed. The prosthesis is transferred to the actual implantation site after removal of the healing abutment therefore when the gingival tissue has healed.
Claims8
In a dental implant method of installing a restorative tooth prosthesis in an implantation site formed within edentulous bone surgically exposed through gingival tissue and wherein said prosthesis is constructed within a replica of the implantation site, comprising the steps of:
- dimensionally selecting a healing abutment to fit into the implantation site;
- implanting the selected healing abutment within the implantation site in contact with the gingival tissue for contouring thereof;
- transferring data from the implanted healing abutment to the replica of the implantation site prior to formation of the prosthesis therein without removal of the healing abutment from the implantation site;
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- replacing the implanted healing abutment within the implantation site with the prosthesis after healing of the gingival tissue contoured by the implanted healing abutment.
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