| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE38630 |
Methods and means for dental bone profiling |
October 19, 2004 |
| A bone mill for preparing the second-stage opening in crestal bone surrounding the gingival surface of a dental implant in a jawbone is tubular in form and has teeth with a negative rake on an end surface and the adjacent side surface for forming a shaped opening to the implant. The |
| 7550091 |
Implant surface preparation |
June 23, 2009 |
| The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing furth |
| 7547399 |
Implant surface preparation |
June 16, 2009 |
| The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing furth |
| 7344376 |
Implant delivery system |
March 18, 2008 |
| An implant delivery system includes a carrier that is attached to an implant. The carrier includes a main body having a lower portion to be attached to the implant and an upper portion. The upper portion includes an internally threaded section having a polygonal internal cross-section. |
| 7169317 |
Implant surface preparation |
January 30, 2007 |
| The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing furth |
| 6969474 |
Implant surface preparation |
November 29, 2005 |
| The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing furth |
| 6899715 |
Power-driven osteotome tools for compaction of bone tissue |
May 31, 2005 |
| The invention set forth includes a set of tools which compact bone tissue as they develop a bore in the bone tissue and a driving mechanism for providing movement to the tools. The tools have engaging surfaces which displace bone tissue radially outward with respect to a central axis of |
| 6652765 |
Implant surface preparation |
November 25, 2003 |
| The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing furth |
| 6619958 |
Implant delivery system |
September 16, 2003 |
| An implant delivery system includes a carrier that is attached to an implant. The carrier includes a main body having a lower portion to be attached to the implant and an upper portion. The upper portion includes an internally threaded section having a polygonal internal cross-section. |
| 6565357 |
Two-piece healing abutment system |
May 20, 2003 |
| A two-piece healing abutment for forming an aperture in gingiva overlying an artificial root means installed in a jawbone of a patient's mouth is set forth. The root means has an upper end that is to be exposed in the aperture. The two-piece healing abutment comprises a first component a |
| 6343930 |
Ceramic dental abutments with a metallic core |
February 5, 2002 |
| A support post for use with a dental implant comprising a ceramic portion, a screw, and a metal portion. The ceramic portion is adapted to support a prosthesis thereon. The ceramic portion has a supragingival region for protruding beyond the gingiva and a subgingival end for extending in |
| 6290499 |
Transfer-type impression coping |
September 18, 2001 |
| A set of dental impression components that may be used for either pick-up type (open tray) or transfer type (closed tray) impression molding techniques. The components are used with an impression material to fabricate a model at a site in a jawbone where an implant has been osseointe |
| 6227856 |
Abutment and coping system for use with dental implants |
May 8, 2001 |
| A dental abutment forms an abutment post having a transmucosal base portion and a supragingival portion having a smaller transverse external cross-section than the proximal end of the base portion. The supragingival portion forms a through bore threaded at its proximal end and stepped to |
| 6203323 |
Implant delivery system |
March 20, 2001 |
| A set of components are set forth which efficiently deliver a dental implant to a site at which the implant is to be installed in living jawbone. The implant has a gingival end with a manipulating fitting and a threaded bore extending inwardly from the gingival end. The set of compon |
| 6171312 |
Power-driven osteotome tools for compaction of bone tissue |
January 9, 2001 |
| The invention set forth includes a set of tools which compact bone tissue as they develop a bore in the bone tissue and a driving mechanism for providing movement to the tools. The tools have engaging surfaces which displace bone tissue radially outward with respect to a central axis of |
| 6168435 |
Ceramic dental abutments with a metallic core |
January 2, 2001 |
| A support post for use with a dental implant comprising a ceramic portion, a screw, and a metal portion. The ceramic portion is adapted to support a prosthesis thereon. The ceramic portion has a supragingival region for protruding beyond the gingiva and a subgingival end for extending in |
| 6155828 |
Emergence profile system having a combined healing abutment and impression coping |
December 5, 2000 |
| A dental component attaches to an implant implanted in living jawbone having overlying gingiva. The implant has an apical end embedded within the jawbone and a gingival end near an interface of the gingiva and the jawbone. The dental component comprises a body having a lower region, a |
| 6129548 |
Two-piece healing abutment system |
October 10, 2000 |
| A two-piece healing abutment for forming an aperture in gingiva overlying an artificial root means installed in a jawbone of a patient's mouth is set forth. The root means has an upper end that is to be exposed in the aperture. The two-piece healing abutment comprises a first component a |
| 5964591 |
Implant delivery system |
October 12, 1999 |
| A set of components are set forth which efficiently deliver a dental implant to a site at which the implant is to be installed in living jawbone. The implant has a gingival end with a manipulating fitting and a threaded bore extending inwardly from the gingival end. The set of compon |
| 5938443 |
Impression coping for use in an open tray and closed tray impression methodology |
August 17, 1999 |
| A set of dental impression components that may be used for either pick-up type (open tray) or transfer type (closed tray) impression molding techniques. The components are used with an impression material to fabricate a model at a site in a jawbone where an implant has been osseointe |
| 5873722 |
Emergence profile system having a combined healing abutment and impression coping |
February 23, 1999 |
| A dental component attaches to an implant implanted in living jawbone having overlying gingiva. The implant has an apical end embedded within the jawbone and a gingival end near an interface of the gingiva and the jawbone. The dental component comprises a body having a lower region, a |
| 5863201 |
Infection-blocking dental implant |
January 26, 1999 |
| An infection-blocking dental implant in which a threaded portion which contacts bone is roughened except for up to three threads which may be exposed by bone recession after implantation, which have a smooth surface. Preferably, the implant is of titanium or titanium alloy and the thread |
| 5727943 |
Self-tapping, screw-type dental implant |
March 17, 1998 |
| A self-tapping dental implant comprises a generally cylindrical body with a threaded outer surface for securing the implant to the wails of a preformed hole in a jaw bone. The cylindrical body has a plurality of longitudinal recesses formed in the threaded surface at one end and exte |
