Patent ID: 6280195
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A method of forming a customized dental abutment which is capable of being secured to a dental fixture anchored in the bone of a jaw of a patient at a toothless site through an opening being provided through the gingival layer of the patient, comprising the steps of:providing the fixture for anchorage in the bone of the jaw of the patient wherein the fixture has a coronal end;anchoring the fixture in the bone such that the coronal end is submerged beneath the coronal margin of the gingival layer at the toothless site;providing a customizable abutment to the fixture or an analogue of the fixture and gingival layer;marking the coronal margin of the gingival layer at the opening on the customizable abutment; andremoving material from the customizable abutment to form a peripheral shoulder of a profile which closely follows that of the coronal margin of the gingival layer at the opening to form the customized dental abutment.