Abstract: The apparatus and methods disclosed utilize a healing assembly including a prosthetic shoe and a healing sleeve that, when used in mating combination, allow the radiographic capture of the prosthetic shoe as it relates to the dental implant surface(s) and the exact orientation of the final prosthetic tooth set-up to provide all information required in one step, for final CAD/CAM of the final fixed prosthetic bridge.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 16, 2020
Assignee:
HYBRIDGE, LLC
Inventors:
Frank R. LaMar, Tom Lake, Landon Coats, Kenneth J. Wilson