System of dental restoration of single stage dental implants and loading with a preformed crown restoration
OwnerTodd E. Shatkininventor
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Abstract
The present invention is prosthetic tooth replacement including a dental crown portion and a joining portion adapted to fixedly attach to a dental implant. Further, present invention also comprises the combination of a prosthetic tooth replacement and a dental implant. Additionally, the present includes a method for making an oral surgical guide stint by vacuum forming a thermoplastic material over a model of an implant target area. Finally, the present invention includes a method of inserting the combination of the prosthetic tooth replacement and implant into the jaw of a patient.
Claims18
A preformed prosthetic tooth replacement comprising:
- a dental crown portion;
- and,
- a joining portion including two bores, each of said two bores configured to fixedly receive an abutment end of an implant, each of said two bores having a diameter ranging in size from slightly greater than 1.6 mm to slightly greater than 2.5 mm and wherein said implant is integral, one-piece and has a first end a second end and a shaft;
- wherein said first end is threaded and tapers to a point;
- wherein said thread extends continuously along said shaft;
- and wherein the diameter of said implant ranges from about 1.6 to about 2.5 mm.
In combination, a preformed prosthetic tooth and a dental implant, comprising:
- a preformed prosthetic tooth, said preformed prosthetic tooth having a dental crown portion and a joining portion including a bore configured to fixedly receive an implant said bore having a diameter ranging in size from slightly greater than 1.6 mm to slightly greater than 2.5 mm;
- and,
- an integral, one-piece dental implant, said at least one implant having a first end having a self-tapping thread and tapering to a point, a second end having an abutment end configured to be inserted into said bore of said preformed prosthetic tooth, and a shaft, the diameter of said implant ranging from about 1.6 to about 2.5 mm, said self-tapping thread extending continuously along said shaft from said abutment end to said point
- wherein said implant may immediately receive said crown after implantation.
In combination, a preformed prosthetic tooth and dental implant comprising:
- a preformed prosthetic tooth, said preformed prosthetic tooth having a dental crown portion and a joining portion, said joining portion including two bores, each of said two bores configured to receive an implant;
- and,
- two separate integral, one-piece dental implants, each of said two dental implants having a first end having a self-tapping thread and tapering to a point, a second end having an abutment end configured to be inserted into one of said bores of said preformed prosthetic tooth, and a shaft, the diameter of said implant ranging from about 1.6 to 2.5 mm, said self-tapping thread extending continuously along said shaft from said abutment end to said point
- wherein said two separate implants may receive said prosthetic crown immediately after installation.
A method of attaching a prosthetic crown to a jawbone of a patient comprising:
- placing an oral surgical guide stint over a target region of said jawbone;
- drilling a starter hole having a diameter less than 1.6 mm and a depth of approximately 4–8 mm through an implant stint hole in said oral surgical guide stint and into said jawbone;
- threading an integral, one-piece, self-tapping threaded dental implant having a diameter in the range of about 1.6 to 2.5 mm, a shaft, and an abutment end into said starter hole until a top of the abutment end is aligned with a tot of said implant stint hole and said abutment end protrudes above a gum line of said jawbone, wherein said threaded dental implant tapers to a point and said thread extends continuously along said shaft from said abutment end to said point;
- and,
- attaching a single prosthetic crown onto said abutment end without delay after said threading of said implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.