Dental implant system
AssigneeStraumann Holding AG
InventorsAndreas Linder, Daniel Günter, Melanie Heyden
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Abstract
An abutment for dental implant systems of the kind suitable to be associated to a dental implant. The abutment has an inlay, and the inlay is provided at its upper part with an external profile having one or more shoulders for connecting and permanently jointing the inlay to the abutment. Further, the inlay may be shaped such that it is completely surrounded by the abutment in the assembled state of the dental implant system.
Claims20
An abutment for dental implant systems suitable to be associated to a dental implant,
- wherein the abutment comprises an inlay,
- the inlay comprising:
- an upper part having an external profile comprising means for connecting and permanently joining the inlay to the abutment;
- a bottom part configured to be inserted into a neck portion of the dental implant;
- and
- a downwardly facing shoulder extending radially away and downwardly from the upper part, configured for engaging an upper surface of the neck portion,
- wherein the inlay is shaped such that said inlay is not visible laterally when said bottom part is inserted entirely into the neck portion of the dental implant.
A dental implant system comprising a dental implant, an abutment and a connection screw suitable to steadily join the abutment and the dental implant together,
- wherein the dental implant system further comprises an inlay insertable within a neck portion of the dental implant, and
- wherein the inlay comprises an upper part having an external profile comprising means for connecting and permanently joining the inlay to the abutment, a bottom part configured to be inserted into the neck portion of the dental implant, and a downward facing shoulder extending radially away and downwardly from the upper part and being configured for engaging an upper surface of the neck portion, the inlay being shaped such that said inlay is not visible laterally when said bottom part is inserted entirely into the neck portion of the dental implant.
A dental implant system comprising a dental implant, an abutment and a connection screw suitable to steadily join the abutment and the dental implant together,
- wherein the dental implant system further comprises an inlay insertable within a neck portion of the dental implant,
- wherein the inlay is completely included inside the dental implant system and laterally invisible, so that no part of the inlay faces the natural tissues surrounding the implant, and
- wherein the inlay comprises an upper part having an external profile comprising means for connecting and permanently joining the inlay to the abutment, a bottom part configured to be inserted into the neck portion of the dental implant, and a downward facing shoulder extending radially away and downwardly from the upper part and being configured for engaging an upper surface of the neck portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.