Patent ID: 6045361
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A method making a dental impression of an abutment mount affixed to a dental implant, comprising the steps of:a. placing a dental implant in a selected site of a patient's bone in the patient's mouth;b. placing an abutment mount on the dental implant;c. fastening the abutment mount to the dental implant with a ball-topped screw;d. applying dental impression material to the patient's mouth in an area adjacent the abutment-mount so as to cover the abutment-mount and the ball-topped screw;e. removing the impression material from the patient's mouth after the impression material has set; andf. removing the abutment-mount and the ball-topped screw from the implant and replacing the abutment mount and the ball-topped screw in the impression material.