| 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 |
| H1984 |
Orthodontic abutment |
August 7, 2001 |
| An orthodontic abutment for attachment to a dental implant that is embedded living jawbone having overlying gingiva is set forth. The implant has a gingival surface exposed through the overlying gingiva. The orthodontic abutment is capable of receiving an orthodontic component. The ortho |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 6394809 |
Single-stage implant system |
May 28, 2002 |
| A single stage dental implant for implantation in living jawbone having overlying gingiva comprises a generally cylindrical body section having an exterior surface for confronting the jawbone and a head section attached to the body section for extending through the overlying gingiva when |
| 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 |
| 6287116 |
Dental implant system having improved stability |
September 11, 2001 |
| Improved tensioning or preloading of screws used to assemble dental implants is made possible by using screws which have a coating of gold, particularly screws made of palladium alloy or of titanium or a titanium alloy which has been plated with a different biocompatible metal, such as |
| 6217331 |
Single-stage implant system |
April 17, 2001 |
| A single stage dental implant for implantation in living jawbone having overlying gingiva comprises a generally cylindrical body section having an exterior surface for confronting the jawbone and a head section attached to the body section for extending through the overlying gingiva when |
| 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 |
| 6152737 |
Support post for use in dental implant system |
November 28, 2000 |
| A support post for use with a dental implant for supporting a prosthesis thereon is disclosed. The support post includes an implant-contacting region and a supragingival core section which extends from the trans-tissue region for supporting a prosthesis. An interface member is secure |
| 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 |
| 6120293 |
Abutment for a temporary tooth |
September 19, 2000 |
| Dental restoration components for use to make a replacement tooth which substantially mimics the emergence profile of a natural tooth comprising two parts, one being a core adapted for fixation subgingivally in the site of the natural tooth, and the other being an emergence-profiler guid |
| 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 |
| 5947732 |
Support post for use in dental implant system |
September 7, 1999 |
| A support post for use with a dental implant for supporting a prosthesis thereon is disclosed. The support post includes an implant-contacting region and a supragingival core section which extends from the trans-tissue region for supporting a prosthesis. An interface member is secure |
| 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 |
| 5899697 |
Anatomic interchangeable healing abutment and impression coping |
May 4, 1999 |
| Dental restoration components for use to make a replacement tooth which substantially mimics the emergence profile of a natural tooth comprising two parts, one being a core adapted for fixation subgingivally in the site of the natural tooth, and the other being an emergence-profiler guid |
| 5899695 |
Anatomic interchangeable healing abutment and impression coping |
May 4, 1999 |
| Dental restoration components for use to make a replacement tooth which substantially mimics the emergence profile of a natural tooth comprising two parts, one being a core adapted for fixation subgingivally in the site of the natural tooth, and the other being an emergence-profiler guid |
| 5879161 |
Dental implant system having improved stability |
March 9, 1999 |
| Improved tensioning or preloading of screws used to assemble dental implants is made possible by using screws which have a coating of gold, particularly screws made of palladium alloy or of titanium or a titanium alloy which has been plated with a different biocompatible metal, such as |
| 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 |
| 5868572 |
Method and means for dental bone profiling |
February 9, 1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5702346 |
Dental implant fixture for anchorage in cortcal bone |
December 30, 1997 |
| A dental implant fixture intended for installation in maxillary and mandibular posterior regions where bone is cancellous internally and cortical externally characterized by labial and lingual cortical plates bounding a relatively large body of cancellous bone. The body of the implan |
| 5685714 |
Support post for use in dental implant system |
November 11, 1997 |
| A support post for use with a dental implant for supporting a prosthesis thereon is disclosed. The support post includes an implant-contacting region and a supragingival core section which extends from the trans-tissue region for supporting a prosthesis. An interface member is secure |
| 5582299 |
Dental implant packaging |
December 10, 1996 |
| A dental implant packaging system for contamination-free packaging, storage, transport and delivery of dental implants and related components. Various embodiments of the system as applied to a dental implant and its cover screw are shown in which a dental implant is housed in a transpare |
| 5364268 |
Method for installing a dental implant fixture in cortical bone |
November 15, 1994 |
| A dental implant fixture intended for installation in maxillary and mandibular posterior regions where bone is cancellous internally ant cortical externally characterized by labial and lingual cortical plates bounding a relatively large body of cancellous bone. The body of the implan |
| 5320117 |
Dental flossing material with leader |
June 14, 1994 |
| An article of dental floss particularly for hygienic maintenance of titanium abutments which is in the form of a ribbon or an elongated strip of woven or non-woven flexible moisture-absorbent material having adequate strength when wet to resist breaking when pulled back and forth adjacen |
| 5244390 |
Dental scaling instrument |
September 14, 1993 |
| A dental scaler particularly for scaling artificial dental abutments made of a material that is softer than natural dentition, such as titanium and its dilute alloys, without scratching the surface of the abutment. Two embodiments of the scaler are disclosed; in one the scaler tip has a |
| 5105690 |
Manipulator-driver for holding and driving a screw-type article |
April 21, 1992 |
| A driver for screws, bolts and the like which have a socket for receiving the bit of a driver, in which a tapered holding section between the bit and the shaft of the driver serves to hold an article by frictional engagement with the opening edge of the socket when the bit is engaged in |
| 5022860 |
Ultra-slim dental implant fixtures |
June 11, 1991 |
| Dental implant fixtures having external diameters less than 3.0 mm., and external threads which are deeper at the apical end of the fixture than elsewhere are described. The deeper threads near the apical end serve to pull the fixture into a prepared bore in the patient's jawbone. There |
| 5006069 |
Periodontal restoration components |
April 9, 1991 |
| A dental coping in the form of an elongated tubular body has a base portion adapted at a first end of the body to mate with the gingival aspect of the patient's implant fixture, and a thin-walled tubular portion extending to the other end of the body supragingivally from the base portion |
| 5000686 |
Dental implant fixture |
March 19, 1991 |
| A dental implant fixture of cylindrical cross-section has a diameter limited to not more than about 3 mm., for use in narrow jawbone ridges. The diameter of the fixture is smaller at its apical end than at its gingival end. Screw threads on the outer surface of the fixture are peak-l |
| 4988298 |
Precision abutment base |
January 29, 1991 |
| A Precision-machined abutment base for accurately fixing an artificial tooth to a dental implant fixture is fashioned of a dental gold alloy or other machinable rigid dental material in a tubular form having an internal retainer for fixing it to the implant fixture, and external reta |
| 4988297 |
Alignment corrector for dental implants |
January 29, 1991 |
| An alignment corrector for a dental implant which is axially misaligned relative to a desired axis has a base member that is removably attachable to the implant with reproducible orientation around the axis of the implant and a corrector member providing a receiver to support a prost |
| 4955811 |
Non-rotational single-tooth prosthodontic restoration |
September 11, 1990 |
| A method and a system for preparing a single-tooth prosthodontic restoration for non-rotational fixation to a dental implant fixture of the kind having a threaded socket together with anti-rotation means to restrain components non-rotationally attached to the fixture. The system prov |
| 4856994 |
Periodontal restoration components |
August 15, 1989 |
| A healing cap for use in the second stage of dental implantology covers the implanted prosthesis and shields its upper surface from overgrowth of gum tissue, and at the same time maintains an opening through the fleshy gum tissue that overlies the implant. This cap is shown to be useful |
| 4850873 |
Prosthodontic restoration components |
July 25, 1989 |
| In a dental post and coping combination in which the coping is a tubular envelope open at one end, a shoulder around the base of the post which has an annular surface on the locus of a first curvilinear surface, and an annular meeting surface around the open end of the coping which is on |
| 4850870 |
Prosthodontic restoration components |
July 25, 1989 |
| Abutment posts and copings for use with dental implants are disclosed. The abutment post has at one end means to affix it to the implant so as to extend supragingivally from the implant through the gum tissue. The post tapers down in cross-section from a region at or near the exposed sur |
| 4846683 |
Axially short dental implant fixture |
July 11, 1989 |
| A dental implant fixture for use in a shallow bore in a jawbone has a flange around its gingival end which overlies the jawbone around the bore when the fixture is installed in the bore. The bore is countersunk to receive the flange, preferably deeper than the thickness of the flange to |
| 4519856 |
Resin-cloth structural system |
May 28, 1985 |
| A construction material adapted for a wide variety of uses is shown, as, for example, in repairing cracks, holes and dents in the hulls and bodies of boats and land vehicles, leaks in gas and liquid conduits such as exhaust pipes and water pipes, and leaks in gas and liquid tanks and oth |
