Patent ID: 8628327
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A casting jig for manufacture of customizable sculptable anatomical healing caps, the casting jig comprising: a body including one or more wells within the body, each well being open at a proximal end thereof and having a negative shape corresponding to an anatomical healing cuff body of a given tooth position, each respective anatomical healing cuff body negative shape having an asymmetrical cross-section and an irregular surface so that said shape provides substantially custom filling of at least an emergence portion of a void where a natural tooth once emerged from the void or where a tooth would have emerged from a void; and a socket at a distal end of each well configured to releasably receive therein a dental implant or dental implant analog; wherein at least an upper portion of the body of the casting jig surrounding the one or more wells comprises an elastomeric material to facilitate easier removal of a manufactured anatomical healing cap; and a dental implant or dental implant analog releasably received within an implant housing, which housing is inserted through an opening in a bottom surface of the casting jig to position the dental implant or dental implant analog so that it is releasably received within the socket of a corresponding well of the casting jig; and wherein a lower portion of the body of the casting jig surrounding the implant housing comprises a different material.