Dental Implant Construction Patents (Class 433/201.1)
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Patent number: 8851893Abstract: The invention relates to a computer readable medium that includes one or more programs for carrying out a method for restoration of a patient's tooth. The method includes the steps of generating an electronic image of a patient's tooth; providing a preliminary treatment plan for addressing the dental needs of the patient; and forwarding the electronic image and preliminary treatment plan to a dental laboratory so that technician can evaluate the image and treatment plan and in a manner such that the technician and dentist can review and discuss the preliminary treatment plan.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Shade Analyzing Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Maryann Lehmann, Curtis A. Vock
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Publication number: 20140272795Abstract: An arrangement and an implant are provided for increasing the stress resistance of the implant arranged in an upper jaw bone. The implant has access via parts to the sinus cavity. At said parts, the implant is arranged with a convex or rounded front surface which, upon access, lifts the sinus mucous membrane, without piercing the latter, and thus forms a closed space between the parts and the underside of the mucous membrane. The implant is provided, at least at said parts, with growth-stimulating substance or substances which interact with cell-containing body fluid which penetrates or has penetrated into the space, so that new bone is formed around said parts of the implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Nobel Biocare Services AGInventor: Jan Hall
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Publication number: 20140272788Abstract: A dental restoration system is disclosed. The system includes an implant having a tip and an opposite cylindrical socket. The socket has an interior surface having a sloped rim surface and a groove with a vertical and horizontal channel. The system includes a dental component such as an abutment having a stem and an opposite post. The post includes a collar having a radial tab. The collar is attached to a conical interface surface. The tab slides in the vertical channel when the abutment is attached to the implant. The tab fits in the horizontal channel of the groove to lock the abutment in place when the abutment is rotated. The conical interface contacts the sloped rim surface of the cylindrical socket to create a seal when the tab is fit into the horizontal channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: BIOMET 3I, LLCInventor: John J Bellanca
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Publication number: 20140272799Abstract: A dental component comprising a modified porcelain veneering coating thereon is provided, wherein the porcelain veneering coating can comprise a plurality of crystalline inclusions. The crystalline inclusions can serve to strengthen the porcelain veneering coating and the dental component as a whole. A method for the preparation of such treated implants is also provided, the method involving providing a dental component; applying a porcelain slurry comprising about 5% or more by weight of an additive capable of forming a crystalline silicate phase to at least a portion of the surface of the dental component to give a coated dental component; and firing the porcelain-coated dental component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Research Triangle InstituteInventors: Jeffrey Robert Piascik, Brian R. Stoner
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Patent number: 8834233Abstract: A method for producing an implant whose surface is roughened by the sandblast method using shot material containing fluoroapatite. Fluoroapatite, compared to hydroxyapatite, has poor biocompatibility, but is superior in hardness. It also has a property of being dissolved in acid. As a result, by the sandblast method using shot material containing fluoroapatite, the surface roughening is performed quite effectively, and shot materials remained on the surface can easily be removed by acid.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Yamahachi Dental Mfg., Co.Inventors: Hideki Aoki, Masashi Toyama, Hiroto Fujimaki, Yuki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20140255874Abstract: A method of manufacturing a functionalized implant, in particular a dental implant, is provided, including first providing a substrate for the implant and applying a highly porous, hydrophilic coating which contains at least one of the following materials for functionalization: zirconium or titanium or zirconium alloy or titanium alloy, zirconium oxide or titanium oxide, calcium phosphate, calcium titanate or calcium zirconate. Further provision is made for a functionalized implant, in particular a dental implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: DOT GMBHInventors: Hans-Georg Neumann, Ulrich Lembke
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Patent number: 8832019Abstract: A method and system to evaluate image-guided dental implant treatment plans with error simulation. Error sources contributing to the inaccuracy of implant cases come from impressions, stone models, radiographic guides, CT scan and its image processing, surgical guides, as well as the surgical procedures. They are translated into the deviations between the planned and actual implant positions and orientations. The error simulation is to continuously modify and update treatment plans with the possible deviations so that the treatment plans can be visually evaluated along with other evaluation tools.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Inventor: Fei Gao
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Publication number: 20140242550Abstract: A dental prosthesis, includes a metal framework having at least one cap, which can be joined to an abutment of a dental implant. The metal framework includes a connecting element which can be, or is, joined to the cap in the oral cavity of a patient, in particular by way of welding, soldering or gluing, wherein the cap has a tip and, on the inside, a cavity into which the abutment can be inserted through an opening located opposite the tip. It is the object to refine the dental prosthesis and/or the metal framework so as to allow improved handling and/or facilitated creation of the, in particular intra-oral, preferably welded, joint with low design complexity. This object is attained by providing a pin arranged as an axial extension in the region of the tip of the cap and the connecting element is joined to the pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Marco Degidi
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Patent number: 8813364Abstract: Methods for making a layered dental appliance. Some methods can include providing a solid structure (e.g., a die or a dental core, such as a fully sintered ceramic dental core) having a desired outer shape, and applying a first slurry to the solid structure to form a first free form layer on the solid structure. The method can further include solidifying the first free form layer on the solid structure, and machining the solidified first free form layer to a desired shape to form a first article comprising the solid structure and a first shaped layer. The method can further include applying, solidifying, and machining a second layer in a similar way to form a second article comprising the solid structure, the first shaped layer, and a second shaped layer. In some methods, the free form layers are not exposed to a high temperature prior to being machined.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Gallus Schechner, Michael Jahns
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Publication number: 20140212843Abstract: The present invention relates to dental implants, and more particularly to custom dental implant fixture that shortens the extraction to completed restoration period from 6-8 months to 4 months. The invention is to use the existing extraction site as is to place custom implant fixture, thereby avoiding a lengthy extraction healing stage and the subsequent osteotomy surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Frank Chiu
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Patent number: 8784105Abstract: A method of fabricating an implant with improved surface properties and an implant fabricated using the same are provided. The method includes immersing a substrate that has titanium or titanium alloy in electrolytic solution including at least one of the group consisting of phosphate or fluoride ion and strontium ion, and forming an oxide film layer with a surface structure having a fine roughness of a micro scale by making at least one of phosphate or fluoride ion and strontium ion react to the titanium or the titanium alloy of the substrate on a surface of the immersed substrate using hydrothermal reaction associated with temperature, pressure and time conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Osteoph I Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jin Woo Park
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Patent number: 8778443Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing implant abutments 9 for dental implants 1, wherein the implant abutment 9 comprises a prefabricated base member 8 for joining the implant abutment to the dental implant 1, and a customized main body 15. The aim of the invention is to simplify this method of manufacturing. To this end, the main body 15 is formed by sintering and/or melting powdery material onto the base member 8 using laser sintering and/or laser melting. The invention relates also to an implant abutment manufactured by such a method.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: BEGO Medical GmbHInventors: Ingo Uckelmann, Helmut Laschütza
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Patent number: 8777618Abstract: A medical implant for insertion into bone including a zone sensitive to electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source, the zone comprising a polymer material configured to transition from a solid condition to a softened condition when the zone is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation and being flowable into interspaces of the bone in the softened condition, and a light-conducting portion configured to conduct the electromagnetic radiation from the radiation source to the zone when the medical implant is inserted into the bone.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Synergy Biosurgical AGInventors: Wolf-Friedrich Baehre, Kurt Ruffieux
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Publication number: 20140193775Abstract: A system for dental restorations may comprise an abutment comprising an implant engaging portion and a component supporting portion terminating in a coronal end of the abutment. The implant engaging portion may extend apically from the component supporting portion and may have an external surface feature configured to be received in mating engagement within an opening in a dental implant. The component supporting portion may comprise at least one first snap-fit retention feature disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the component supporting portion. The system may further comprise a temporary coping made from a material that permits chemical bonding of the temporary coping with a veneering material of a temporary tooth restoration. The temporary coping may comprise at least one second snap-fit retention feature configured for snap-fit engagement with the at least one first snap-fit retention feature of the abutment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: AETON MEDICAL LLCInventor: AETON MEDICAL LLC
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Publication number: 20140193776Abstract: The invention relates to a biocompatible body to be implanted into a cavity of a bone, comprising a main structure made of a bone substitute material. According to the invention, the body has a connecting element, said connecting element being embedded at least partially in the main structure of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: REGENHU AGInventors: Marc Thurner, Michael Kuster
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Patent number: 8764443Abstract: A surface structure is produced on an outer surface of an implant or a fixture and forms a base structure in a range of implants related to different types and qualities of jaw bone. During production of the surface, parts of a turning tool are placed against the implant or against a blank which is intended to form the implant. The parts and/or the implant are assigned controls which give rise to mutual displacements between the parts and the implant so that the parts follow a substantially spiral trajectory along the outer surface. By means of said controls, a long wave pattern is formed with successive peaks and with through lying between these. In this connection, a through can be arranged adjacent to the outer parts of an existing thread. The controls are chosen so as to produce through depths in the range of 25 to 250 ?m, preferably 50 to 200 ?m. The invention also relates to an implant which has the same character as the implant produced by the method.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AGInventor: Jan Hall
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Publication number: 20140170597Abstract: This disclosed subject matter relates to dental implants in general, and in particular to dental implants having an abutment for mounting a prosthodontic restoration thereon, wherein the abutment is customizable and/or adjustable that may be configured according an individual's morphology, clinical situation and related prosthodontic requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventor: Iulian Honig
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Publication number: 20140162216Abstract: A dental composition comprising a polymerizable resin comprising ethylenically unsaturated groups; a thermally activated initiator dissolved in the resin; and an inorganic filler combined with the resin in an amount greater than about 60 percent by weight based upon the weight of the composition; wherein the initiator is activated at a temperature of about 100 to about 150° C. to provide free radicals; and wherein the filler has a surface area of at least about 65 square meters per gram filler; a dental mill block comprising the thermally cured composition, a method of manufacturing the dental mill block, and a kit comprising a plurality of the mill blocks are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventors: Bradley D. Craig, Ryan E. Johnson
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Publication number: 20140162215Abstract: An abutment is provided which enables an associated anchoring part to be introduced into a bone without the anchoring part being damaged. A corresponding abutment includes: an abutment upper part disposed along a longitudinal axis and an abutment lower part. For form-fitting insertion of the abutment into an abutment receiving region of an anchoring part, the abutment lower part has a profile such that a torque applied to the abutment is transferable to the anchoring part. The abutment upper part includes a tool receiving portion for form-fittingly receiving a tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: ZV3-ZIRCON VISION GMBHInventor: Johan Feith
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Patent number: 8750590Abstract: A device for use in optical scanning and CT scanning including a radiographic template and at least one shape of known dimension (SKD). The radiographic template includes a plurality of radio-opaque markers and is configured to take an impression of at least one surface of a patient. The SKD is removably attached to the radiographic template and serves as a basis for registration of data of a CT scan of the device with data of an optical scan of the device. The device may further comprise a mounting plate. The SKD is mounted on the mounting plate such that the at least one SKD is in an exact same position with respect to surfaces in a model formed from the impression as when the impression of the patient is formed in the radiographic template.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Greenberg Surgical Technologies, LLCInventor: Alex M Greenberg
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Patent number: 8739409Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing products by applying material at least partially in layers to form a structure, in particular by selective laser melting (SLM), said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a base plate, (b) applying a layer of a curable material, (c) selectively curing predetermined zones of the applied layer on the basis of geometrical data of the product, (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) until the geometry of a first partial volume of the product has been created in the form of a cured material and (e) removing the uncured material. According to the invention, a reference mark is provided, the unit formed by the base plate and the first volume zones is clamped into a specific position by means of the reference mark and the respective second partial volume of the respective product is cut from the base plate, preferably by machining, in particular CNC milling.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: BEGO Medical GmbHInventors: Carsten Vagt, Ralf Wehning
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Patent number: 8741050Abstract: Dental articles are produced using relatively low sintering temperatures to achieve high density dental articles exhibiting strengths equal to and greater than about 700 MPa. Ceramic powders comprised of nanoparticulate crystallites are used to manufacture dental articles. The ceramic powders may include sintering agents, binders and other similar additives to aid in the processing of the ceramic powder into a dental article. The ceramic powders may be processed into dental articles using various methods including, but not limited to, injection molding, gel-casting, slip casting, or electroforming, hand, cad/camming and other various rapid prototyping methods. The ceramic powder may be formed into a suspension, pellet, feedstock material or a pre-sintered blank prior to forming into the dental article.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Dmitri Brodkin, Moisey Y. Gamarnik
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Publication number: 20140147813Abstract: Provided is a dental prosthesis component which is a member to configure a dental prosthesis provided with an artificial tooth root, which have high strength and a good esthetic property. The dental prosthesis component (12),(13) to configure a dental prosthesis (10) provided with an artificial tooth root (12), which are made of Zr-14Nb alloy, wherein a surface layer containing ZrO2 and having a thickness of less than 80 ?m as a main ingredient is formed on the components, and the surface has a brightness of Gly 8.0 or more of the color sheets according to Practical Color Co-ordinate System 201.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicants: GC CORPORATION, TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Takao HANAWA, Shohei KASUGAI
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Publication number: 20140147808Abstract: Dental implant with a base body made of ceramic anchorable in a jawbone and an implant superstructure attachable to the base body using a screw, wherein in an assembled state of the dental implant, a threaded portion of the screw engages with an inner thread formed in a blind hole of the base body, wherein the implant superstructure is by the screw pressed against the base body and wherein the engagement between the threaded portion of the screw and the internal thread of the blind hole occurs only in a lower half of the base body facing away from the implant superstructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: MAXON MOTOR AGInventor: Thorsten BUURLAGE
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Patent number: 8721336Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-colored shaped body having layers arranged on top of one another for producing dental restorations, a process for its production and its use for the manufacture of dental restorations.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Volker M. Rheinberger, Marcel Schweiger, Robert Kruse, Harald Kerschbaumer
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Publication number: 20140113252Abstract: An ankylos attachment (AA) comprising a transitional adapter at coronal end for serving as an impression coping, temporary/permanent attachment. A threaded retentive shank (TRS) comprises a bolt which is designed to insert through the AA into the dental implant. The new design of the AAC is compelling because it can reduce cost, improve patient comfort and reduce clinical chair time/treatment time. In addition, AAC can be utilized to facilitate CAD/CAM technique which can largely shorten the period of fabrication of dental restoration. As a result, the final restoration can be finished and delivered in a couple of hours comparing to six to twelve weeks when the restoration is done in traditional way.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventor: William Y.S. Hung
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Patent number: 8702425Abstract: A temporary supraconstruction for a dental implant or a core for a temporary supraconstruction for a dental implant, characterized in that it includes a material having a modulus of elasticity of less than 300 MPa, preferably in the range of from 15 to 20 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: VOCO GmbHInventor: Jan Erik Schulz-Walz
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Publication number: 20140093842Abstract: A dental implant system including a dental implant with a micro-pattern surface treatment and an abutment with a micro-pattern surface treatment. The abutment cooperatively engages the dental implant during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Evollution IP Holdings, Inc.Inventors: J. Todd STRONG, Fred J. MOLZ, R. Steven BOGGAN, Boyd A. PETERS
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Patent number: 8671572Abstract: The invention discloses a novel implant provided with a macroporous surface on the top surface, and a method for the production of such a metallic and/or ceramic implant having a textured, particularly porous, surface for the at least partial insertion in hard tissue, such as in a bone, and/or into soft tissue. The implant is produced as a green compact, at least in sections, using a cold isostatic pressing, casting, and/or injecting (CIM, MIM) with subsequent sintering to obtain an implant, and is particularly characterized in that the surface is modified and/or prepared before sintering such that a macroporous surface is present after sintering without requiring any finishing.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Luis Alfonso Ortega Cruz
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Publication number: 20140065574Abstract: A screw channel directing device (50) for a dental superstructure comprises a screw channel part (51) and an implant cooperating part (52A, B), the former having a screw member seat (54) with a screw hole in the proximal end. The proximal end of the screw channel part (51) is bowl shaped, such that the inner bottom surface has a concave shape and its outer bottom surface (55) has a convex shape. The screw hole of the screw member seat (54) is a long hole. The implant cooperating part (52A, B) comprises a collar-shaped lower implant cooperating part (52A) to be connected to a dental implant (60) and a collar-shaped upper implant cooperating part (52B). The lower implant cooperating part (52A) has a distal concave seat (58), and said upper implant cooperating part (52B) has a proximal convex bottom surface (57) with a radius corresponding to the radius of the concave seat (58) of the lower implant cooperating part (52A) to form a first ball joint (57, 58).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventor: Sture BENZON
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Publication number: 20140045145Abstract: The invention relates to a dental prosthesis, comprising an implant body (1) and an abutment (2) that can be inserted into a receptacle of the implant body (1), said abutment (2) forming a passage opening (4) for accommodating a cap screw (3) that engages in an internal thread (5) of the implant body (1), which screw is supported by means of a conical cap part (7) of the cap screw (3) on a conical shoulder (8) of the abutment (2). In order to provide advantageous constructional conditions it is proposed that the conical cap part (7) has at least two consecutive conical sections (9, 10) in the axial direction, which conical sections have an opening angle that differs from the opening angle of the conical shoulder (8), and when the one conical section (9) contacts the conical shoulder (8) without pressure the other conical section (10) engages in the shoulder cone (11) with play.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicants: REDTENBACHER PRAEZISIONSTEILE GES.M.B.H.Inventor: Harald Buchegger
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Patent number: 8647118Abstract: A method of forming an implant to be implanted into living bone is disclosed. The method comprises the act of roughening at least a portion of the implant surface to produce a microscale roughened surface. The method further comprises forming a nanoscale roughened surface on the microscale roughened surface. The method further comprises the act of depositing discrete nanoparticles on the nanoscale roughened surface though a one-step process of exposing the roughened surface to a solution including the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles comprise a material having a property that promotes osseointegration.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Biomet 3I, LLCInventors: Bruce Berckmans, III, Ross W. Towse, Robert W. Towse
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Publication number: 20140030674Abstract: The invention concerns a dental implant comprising an apical end tapered conical portion axially connected to a coronal end cylindrical body wherein the coronal end cylindrical body has ridges on the proximal sides and has no ridges on the mesial and distal sides. The invention further concerns a series of manual pilot tools for the preparation of the tooth socket prior to implantation. The invention further concerns an undercut pilot tool for placing notches in the proximal walls of the tooth socket to prepare the socket to receive the dental implant. The invention also concerns methods for replacing a tooth with a prefabricated implant immediately upon removal of the tooth without the necessity for drilling by virtue of the initial retention of the prefabricated implant inside the jaw bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventor: Hao Nguyen
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Patent number: 8636512Abstract: A set of elements is described for use in the production of a dental prosthesis (20), in particular of a crown, a bridge, an inlay or an onlay, comprising: a framework (3) and one or more model parts (5) for defining parts of the outer contour of a veneer (15) for the framework (3), wherein the model part or parts (5) can be mounted on the framework (3) in such a way that, at one and the same time, (i) a gap (7) remains between the model part or parts (5) and the framework (3) and (ii) the model part or parts (5) define parts [lacuna] the outer contour. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2007Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Bego Bremer Goldschlagerei Wilh. Herbst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Dierkes, Jan Eilers, Ole Hinrichs, Wolfgang Stolzner, Bernardo Franco, Carsten Vagt
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Publication number: 20140023991Abstract: A dental implant apparatus and method of use which has a central conduit and a plurality of apical apertures through which fluid bone-grafting material may be extruded. A resorbable membrane surrounds the apical end of the apparatus and unfurls as bone-grafting material exits the apertures, thereby holding the fluid in close proximity to the implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Paul Hertz
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Patent number: 8632336Abstract: The tooth implant includes a conical screw section with a multiple thread, which broadens progressively from the rounded apical end thereof, is adjoined by a multiple micro-thread with a lower pitch. Such an implant has improved primary stability and avoids the injury of anatomical structures and with the micro-thread thereof avoids too high a compression and necrosis. In one example, an abutment with a post is fixed to the implant, which post includes a groove to which various structures can be clipped.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2006Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Riemser Pharma GmbHInventors: Hans-Dieter Rössler, Fabian Peters
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Publication number: 20140017632Abstract: Provided are a dental implant abutment and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a dental implant abutment which forms an outer appearance of an artificial tooth, supports a porcelain prosthesis that is formed of a porcelain, and couples to and fixedly combines with a fixture. The dental implant abutment includes: a first part having a coupling structure that corresponds to an inner structure of the fixture, so that the first part couples to the fixture; a second part that extends upward from the first part and contacts gums; and a third part extending upward from the second part, having an outer circumferential surface which includes a side surface and a top surface, with a porcelain prosthesis attached to the outer circumferential surface, and including a shape in which a concave part, inwardly recessed, is formed on the side and a horizontal cross-sectional area increases in an upward direction from the concave part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: OSSTEMIMPLANT CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Ho Ryu, Moo Young Park, Byung Kook Kim
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Publication number: 20140017633Abstract: An implant device has an exterior portion forming an exterior surface of the implant. The exterior portion is made of a porous material defining passages through the exterior portion. An inner portion has an outer surface with a treated area that is accessible from the exterior surface through the passages. The treated area has a treatment for direct attachment to bone or soft tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Zimmer Dental, Inc.Inventor: Matthew J. Lomicka
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Patent number: 8628702Abstract: A supporting paste containing a component (A) which loses water in a temperature range between 110° C. and 1100° C., a component (B) which is geometrically stable at temperatures between 110° C. and 1100° C., solvent and auxiliary agents. Also, the preparation of such a supporting paste and to its use in particular in the field of dental technology.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Konrad Hagenbuch, Volker Rheinberger
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Publication number: 20140011161Abstract: A method of forming a nanocrystalline surface on an implant is disclosed. The method comprises the act of roughening at least a portion of the implant surface to form a roughened surface. The method further comprises the act of, without forming an alkoxide on the roughened surface, depositing nanocrystals on the roughened surface. The nanocrystals comprise a material having a property that promotes osseointegration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Biomet 3i, LLCInventors: Bruce Berckmans, III, Ross W. Towse, Robert L. Mayfield
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Patent number: 8624167Abstract: A device for making a muffle, with which dental restoration parts can be produced with the aid of an embedding compound, at least one press blank and a pressing device, the device having a muffle base, a tubular sleeve surrounding the muffle base and at least one muffle insert which is arranged on the muffle base and can be separated from it. At least two cylindrical press-channel forming elements (16, 18, 20) extend parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another from a flat-formed portion of the muffle insert (12), which can be burned out at least with respect to the forming elements, which elements are formed in a closed manner, and in particular with thin walls, at least on one free end face opposite from the flat-formed portion (14).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventor: Diethard Bertsch
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Publication number: 20140004481Abstract: A crestal implant including an elongate anchoring section, an implant stump and a transition section. The anchoring section has an elongate core from which several ribs extend forming rib groups. One or more surfaces which extend in the circumferential direction at a radial reference distance from the longitudinal central axis are provided on the transition section. One or more rib groups, in which the radially outer rib edge of the ribs has a radial distance from the longitudinal central axis of the implant, at least approximately corresponding to the radial reference distance, and one or more rib groups are provided within which only some ribs thereof, or within which all the ribs thereof, have on the radially outer rib edges along the entire or partial circumferential extension, a radial distance from the longitudinal central axis which is greater than the radial reference distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Frank-Peter Spahn
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Publication number: 20130344459Abstract: A modular implant includes a head, an intermediate part configured to engage bone, and an initially separate anchor configured to engage the head so that at least the head and the anchor cooperatively secure the intermediate part on the implant to form the modular implant. At least one of the head, the intermediate part, and the anchor has a plurality of forms, and each form is configured to be assembled on at least one form of the other two of the head, intermediate part, and anchor. The intermediate part may include a porous metal such as tantalum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Zimmer Dental, Inc.Inventors: Michael Scott Collins, Harold C. Flynn, JR., Jane Murray
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Publication number: 20130344457Abstract: A dental implant has a body with a porous metal portion for engaging bone. The porous metal portion has an outer coronal to apical height and an outer diameter. Both the height and diameter are about 4 mm to about 6 mm. This permits the implant to be placed on a jaw with a reduced bone volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Zimmer Dental, IncInventors: Michael Scott Collins, Jeffrey Bassett, Sean Cahill
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Patent number: 8590157Abstract: The present invention provides methods allowing the use of selective laser powder processing techniques for the production of medically acceptable prosthetic dental frameworks. The frameworks produced according to the present invention have high grade mechanical properties as well as a high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Layerwise N.V.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Kruth, Ignace Naert, Ben Vandenbroucke
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Patent number: 8592330Abstract: The invention is directed to veneer ceramics for dental restorations of framework ceramics comprising yttrium-stabilized zirconium dioxide. It is the object of the invention to make possible a translucent veneer ceramic which has high flexural strength as well as excellent adhesion to the framework ceramic of yttrium-stabilized zirconium dioxide. According to the invention, this object is met in a veneer ceramic for dental restorations made of yttrium-stabilized zirconium dioxide which is produced from the following components: a) SiO2 58.0-74.0 percent by weight b) Al2O3 ?4.0-19.0 percent by weight c) Li2O ?5.0-17.0 percent by weight d) Na2O ?4.0-12.0 percent by weight e) ZrO2 ?0.5-6.0 percent by weight.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Martina Johannes, Roland Ehrt
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Publication number: 20130280675Abstract: The present invention is generally related to implants for compensating bone loss in mammalian body, and to devices and methods for replacing or creating facial bone. The present invention relates to devices and methods for implanting an implantable device in a subject's body. The implantable device embodying features of the present invention include a body formed from a rig or matrix having a trabecular meshwork structure or cells with shapes suitable for a particular anatomical area of interest. The device may be a dental implant serving as a platform for placement of dental crowns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventor: Mohamed Ikbal Ali
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Publication number: 20130273498Abstract: A dental implant comprising an implant body which has an asymmetric root portion receivable in an asymmetric open root cavity of the patient and engagement means on the asymmetric root portion to at least in part engage a surface of the root cavity so as to prevent or inhibit unintentional extraction. The asymmetric root portion is complementarily shaped to fit the said asymmetric open root cavity, thus substantially dispensing with the need for protracted preparation of the root cavity and providing substantially immediate stability for the prosthetic tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: John Woods, Michael Tuke, David Sinclair
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Publication number: 20130244207Abstract: A mold for producing a coping used in a dental implant includes a male component having a protrusion and a female screw forming part. The mold further includes a female component having a recess and a male screw forming part having a different rotation direction from that of the female screw forming part. A cavity for producing the coping is formed by combining the male and female components. Since the mold includes a male component having a female screw forming part, and a female component having a male screw forming part with a different rotation direction than the female screw forming part, a produced coping may be easily separated from the male and female components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Inventor: Sang Choon Cho
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Publication number: 20130244208Abstract: A dental prosthesis to be integrated into a jaw bone cavity of a pre-identified patient. An example of a dental prosthesis includes a first manufactured portion having a surface shaped to substantially dimensionally conform three dimensionally to an undersized shape of the outer three-dimensional surface shape of a root of a tooth to be replaced, and a second manufactured portion shaped to substantially conform to the three-dimensional surface of a crown of the tooth. The outer surface of the root portion can include or be coated with a biocompatible material that is suitable to be integrated into the extraction socket and adopted by existing tissue forming the socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Natural Dental Implants AGInventor: Ruedger Rubbert