Patent ID: 9259297
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61C

Claim Text:
1. A multi-unit dental implant system, comprising: a dental implant including a threaded shaft having external threads and a central bore including an internal threaded portion, the central bore defining a central longitudinal axis; an angled abutment including a body portion and a retaining screw insertable into a bore of the body portion, the body portion including an anti-rotation portion configured to be inserted into the central bore of the dental implant to prevent relative rotation between the angled abutment and the dental implant, the retaining screw is configured to secure the body portion to the dental implant with an external threaded portion complementary to the internal threaded portion of the dental implant, the body portion of the angled abutment including a tapered cone portion configured to receive a coping thereon; a straight abutment, configured to be interchangeable with the angled abutment, including an external threaded portion complementary to the internal threaded portion of the dental implant, the straight abutment including a cone portion configured to receive a coping thereon; and a plurality of copings, each of the copings having a tapered cavity configured to universally mate, interchangeably, on the cone portion of the straight abutment and the tapered cone portion of the angled abutment; wherein the bore of the body portion includes a first axis adapted to be coaxial with the central longitudinal axis of the dental implant, wherein the angled abutment includes a second bore within the tapered cone portion terminating prior to the bore of the body portion, the second bore defining a second axis oriented at an acute angle with respect to the first axis, and wherein the second bore is threaded.