Patent ID: 6283753
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A dental implant abutment assembly, comprising:a. an implant for embedding in the osseous structure of a patient;b. a transition structure connected to said implant, said transition structure including a distal portion located distally of said transition structure relative to a central axis of said transition structure, and a proximal portion located proximally of said transition structure relative to a central axis of said transition structure, said transition structure containing a surface discontinuity for receiving a distal end of a transverse fastener;c. a core structure connected to said transition structure, said core structure including a distal portion and a proximal portion and an interior surface and an exterior surface, said interior surface generally forming a concavity in said proximal portion of said core structure, said interior surface adapted in shape to receive said distal portion of said transition structure, said core structure containing a bore oriented substantially transverse to said central axis of said transition structure;d. a transverse fastener threadably received in said transverse bore, said transverse fastener securing said core structure to said transition structure;e. a surfacing structure connected to said core structure;f. wherein said surfacing structure and said core structure contain no central bore oriented substantially parallel to said central axis of said transition structure, and said core structure is connected to said transition structure nonrotatably.