Abstract: A dental prosthetic comprising a pre-fabricated metal base and a crown, wherein the dental prosthetic is fabricated by a process comprising the steps of manufacturing the pre-fabricated metal base from a first metallic material, wherein the pre-fabricated metal base is dimensionally adapted to be secured to, and fitted to, an implant fixture, and fabricating the crown from a second material using a 3D printing technology, so that the crown is printed on the pre-fabricated metal base and thereby fabricating the crown fused onto the pre-fabricated metal base, and thereby obtaining the dental prosthetic.

Abstract: Dental implant embodiments comprising one or more non-annular cutaways from a portion of the crown are described. In some embodiments, cutaways, which are implantable beneath the bone line, are orientable during implantation by reference to a dental implant positioning tool to which the dental implant is mated in a known orientation. Mating, in some embodiments, is secured by a detent system which reversibly interlocks the positioning tool and the implant. In some embodiments, a surface of a cutaway is provided with protrusions which stimulate bone regrowth into the volume which the remainder of the cutaway provides.

Abstract: A dental tool configured for being held by a dental apparatus, the dental tool having at least one material-removing edge in a front portion thereof and a gripping portion in a rear portion thereof, wherein the dental tool comprises a transponder. A system may be provided for receiving data from the transponder and displaying an indication thereof to a user and/or process the data to assist a user in dental activities.

Abstract: A base for a dental implant system which includes a long cavity which optionally reaches below the implant top and/or allows a significant portion of a superstructure to be inserted into the cavity and possibly held using axial support.

Abstract: An abutment for a dental multi-unit system is provided. The abutment comprises a coping connecting means to secure to a coping, the coping connecting means comprising a cavity extending downwards inside the abutment from a top thereof. The cavity is at least partially defined, at a top portion thereof, by an inward-tapering surface. The inward-tapering surface may comprise an internal conical surface. The cavity may further be defined, at least partially, by an internally threaded portion disposed below the inward-tapering surface. A coping configured to secure onto an abutment in a dental multi-unit system is also provided. The coping comprises an abutment connecting means comprising a frusto-conical section extending downwards in a bottom section of the coping and adjacently surrounding a through-hole through the coping. A method of securing a coping to an abutment in a dental multi-unit system is also provided.

Abstract: A base for a dental implant system which includes a long cavity which optionally reaches below the implant top and/or allows a significant portion of a superstructure to be inserted into the cavity and possibly held using axial support.

Abstract: An abutment for a dental multi-unit system is provided. The abutment comprises a coping connecting means to secure to a coping, the coping connecting means comprising a cavity extending downwards inside the abutment from a top thereof. The cavity is at least partially defined, at a top portion thereof, by an inward-tapering surface. The inward-tapering surface may comprise an internal conical surface. The cavity may further be defined, at least partially, by an internally threaded portion disposed below the inward-tapering surface. A coping configured to secure onto an abutment in a dental multi-unit system is also provided. The coping comprises an abutment connecting means comprising a frusto-conical section extending downwards in a bottom section of the coping and adjacently surrounding a through-hole through the coping. A method of securing a coping to an abutment in a dental multi-unit system is also provided.

Abstract: A dental prosthetic comprising a pre-fabricated metal base and a crown, wherein the dental prosthetic is fabricated by a process comprising the steps of manufacturing the pre-fabricated metal base from a first metallic material, wherein the pre-fabricated metal base is dimensionally adapted to be secured to, and fitted to, an implant fixture, and fabricating the crown from a second material using a 3D printing technology, so that the crown is printed on the pre-fabricated metal base and thereby fabricating the crown fused onto the pre-fabricated metal base, and thereby obtaining the dental prosthetic.

Abstract: Dental implant embodiments comprising one or more non-annular cutaways from a portion of the crown are described. In some embodiments, cutaways, which are implantable beneath the bone line, are orientable during implantation by reference to a dental implant positioning tool to which the dental implant is mated in a known orientation. Mating, in some embodiments, is secured by a detent system which reversibly interlocks the positioning tool and the implant. In some embodiments, a surface of a cutaway is provided with protrusions which stimulate bone regrowth into the volume which the remainder of the cutaway provides.