Abstract: A protective covering that envelopes the left and right hands, wrists and lower forearms of a user and permits entry of an elongated handle of an object to be manipulated and gripped by the user within the covering.

Abstract: An oral implant for mounting in a patient's maxilla or mandible is provided that includes an abutment and a fixture. The implants may be arranged in a system including two or more adjacent implants disposed in predetermined locations and bearing a predetermined locational relationship to each other.

Abstract: A unitary dental implant in the form of an elongate member has an upper abutment portion and a lower fixture portion. An axially extending and upwardly facing planar surface is defined between the abutment portion and the fixture portion.

Abstract: A biocompatible form and a method for fabricating the implant are provided. The biocompatible form may be used to support bone graft material such as that used to reconstruct missing bone in a patient's oral cavity. The implant is fabricated from a biocompatible mesh, which may be made of titanium, a titanium alloy or fiber and is permanently implantable in the patient's oral cavity. The biocompatible form has an anatomical configuration which includes one or more portions conforming substantially to various alveolar bone contours which may include predetermined, human interproximal bone contours, root prominence bone contours and mylohyoid ridge bone contours. The biocompatible form may include a palatal section. The biocompatible form may also include one or more apertures for receiving a corresponding number of dental prostheses therethrough.

Abstract: A unitary dental implant in the form of an elongate member has an upper abutment portion and a lower fixture portion. An axially extending and upwardly facing planar surface is defined between the abutment portion and the fixture portion.

Abstract: A method for using a tissue contourer includes making an incision in the oral cavity, inserting a tissue contourer in the incision; expanding the tissue contourer; removing the tissue contourer; and replacing the tissue contourer with an oral implant.

Abstract: A tissue contourer for contouring mucosal tissue in preparation for dental implantation or grafting includes a central portion configured to abut an edentulous portion of a maxilla or mandible and configured to contour mucosal tissue overlying the edentulous portion.

Abstract: A dental implant abutment includes an inwardly tapering body having a lower planar surface configured to mate with a dental fixture and having inwardly tapering generally pyramidal external walls and a longitudinal axis. The pyramid may be circular or elliptical in cross section, or may have several sides joined at their edges. The sides taper inwardly as they extend upward.

Abstract: A dental implant includes an elongate fixture having outwardly flaring walls as one goes upward along the fixture, and an abutment coupled to the top of the fixture having inwardly tapering walls. The abutment is designed to support a prosthesis such as a crown. The upper surface of the fixture extends outward from the abutment to provide a narrow band or shelf on which a lower surface of the crown can rest.

Abstract: A biocompatible form and a method for fabricating the implant are provided. The biocompatible form may be used to support bone graft material such as that used to reconstruct missing bone in a patient's oral cavity. The implant is fabricated from a biocompatible mesh, which may be made of titanium, a titanium alloy or fiber and is permanently implantable in the patient's oral cavity. The biocompatible form has an anatomical configuration which includes one or more portions conforming substantially to various alveolar bone contours which may include predetermined, human interproximal bone contours, root prominence bone contours and mylohyoid ridge bone contours. The biocompatible form may include a palatal section. The biocompatible form may also include one or more apertures for receiving a corresponding number of dental prostheses therethrough.

Abstract: A biocompatible form and a method for fabricating the implant are provided. The biocompatible form may be used to support bone graft material such as that used to reconstruct missing bone in a patient's oral cavity. The implant is fabricated from a biocompatible mesh, which may be made of titanium, a titanium alloy or fiber and is permanently implantable in the patient's oral cavity. The biocompatible form has an anatomical configuration which includes one or more portions conforming substantially to various alveolar bone contours which may include predetermined, human interproximal bone contours, root prominence bone contours and mylohyoid ridge bone contours. The biocompatible form may include a palatal section. The biocompatible form may also include one or more apertures for receiving a corresponding number of dental prostheses therethrough.