Patent ID: 9408677
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61C

Claim Text:
1. A dental abutment system comprising: a healing cap having a substantially planar and substantially circular cap surface, said cap having a coupling feature at a center of said cap surface shaped to receive a complimentary driving tool; at least one retentive member coupled to and extending directly and substantially orthogonally from the cap surface, at least one sheath frictionally coupled to and covering said at least one retentive member, wherein each retentive member has a separate sheath frictionally coupled thereto, and wherein each sheath is slidably removable from said retentive member; and an elongate shaft extending downwardly from said cap for coupling to a dental implant, said elongate shaft defining a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis being generally aligned with the coupling feature at the center of the cap surface, wherein said at least at least one retentive member is laterally offset from the coupling feature at the center of the cap surface.