Patent ID: 6358052
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A method for effecting a dental restoration, said method comprising:providing a dental implant system comprising: an implant fixture adapted to be deployed in a bone; an impression coping adapted to be selectively deployed on said implant fixture and in a dental impression; a laboratory analog adapted to be selectively deployed on said impression coping and in a dental cast; a spherical abutment adapted to be selectively deployed on said laboratory analog; and a multiaxis abutment adapted to be adjustably deployed on said spherical abutment; positioning said implant fixture in said bone; positioning said impression coping on said implant fixture; making a dental impression of said impression coping and the surrounding portions of the patient's mouth; removing the dental impression, with said impression coping attached thereto, from the patient's mouth; positioning said laboratory analog on said impression coping; making a cast of said laboratory analog and a portion of said impression coping; removing the dental impression from said impression coping; removing said impression coping from said laboratory analog; positioning said spherical abutment in said laboratory analog; positioning said multiaxis abutment on said spherical abutment and angling said multiaxis abutment atop said spherical abutment to the extent required for the dental restoration; securing said multiaxis abutment in its angled position atop said spherical abutment; generating a permanent abutment from the combined spherical abutment/multiaxis abutment; positioning said permanent abutment in said laboratory analog; generating a prosthetic tooth for said permanent abutment; and removing said permanent abutment from said laboratory analog and positioning said permanent abutment on said implant fixture.