Patent ID: 7425131
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: A61B,A61C,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a custom-abutment, the method comprising the acts of: installing a dental implant into a first installation site in bone having overlying gingiva in a mouth; attaching a gingival healing abutment to the dental implant, the gingival healing abutment having binary-coded markers for identifying physical characteristics of the gingival healing abutment; taking an impression of the mouth including the first installation site; preparing a stone model based on the impression, the stone model including teeth models and model markers indicative of the binary-coded markers; scanning the model; generating scan data from the scanning of the model; transferring the scan data to a graphical imaging software program; creating a three-dimensional image of the installation site; determining the model markers to gather information for manufacturing the custom-abutment; developing custom-abutment dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image and the information gathered from the binary-coded markers; transferring the custom-abutment dimensional information to a milling machine; and fabricating the custom-abutment on the milling machine utilizing the custom-abutment dimensional information.