Patent ID: 8545222
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A method for dental restoration in an oral environment comprising: (i) placing a sub-crown member comprising an abutment component and a dental implant component into a jawbone, wherein said abutment component and said dental implant component are two separate components and are connected and secured to each other, and wherein said abutment component comprises stainless steel, gold, silver, platinum, iron, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium; oxides; carbides such as silicon carbide; borides; nitrides; silicides; salts such as aluminosilicates, silicates such as lithium silicate, aluminates, phosphates, fluorates, zirconates, and titanates; ceramic materials such as a porcelain, a white stone containing alumina, and a glass; polymeric materials; any composites thereof such as inorganic-inorganic composites optionally bound by an organic binder, and polymeric-inorganic composites; and any combination thereof; (ii) directly measuring the shortest distance X (iii) comparing value X (iv) if X (v) optionally repeating steps (ii)-(iv) on one or more of other locations Ln on the surface of said abutment component with corresponding shortest distances Xn and corresponding predetermined values Yn, wherein Yn>0, n is an integer, and n≧2; (vi) directly producing a crown based on the shape of the modified abutment component; and (vii) attaching the crown to the modified abutment component.