Patent ID: 8583270

Claim:
A method for producing a design of a gingiva former having a connecting geometry for attachment thereof to an implant during a healing phase, comprising: providing a geometry, including a connecting geometry, of a customized final abutment as a 3D data set at least in a lower region of the final abutment, the lower region of the final abutment being defined by an edge of the final abutment and by the connecting geometry below the edge of the final abutment, the final abutment being constructed for attachment to the implant subsequent to removal of the gingiva former from the implant; generating a geometry of a lower region of the gingiva former based on the geometry of the final abutment, wherein the lower region of the gingiva former is defined by an edge and a connecting geometry below the edge that respectively correspond to the edge of the final abutment and the connecting geometry of the final abutment, wherein the geometry of the gingiva former is generated with a computer and fabricated by machining, wherein said edge of said gingiva former exactly corresponds to a break-through line of the final abutment formed by gingiva or is at a distance from the break-through line such that gingiva overlaps said edge of said gingiva former, wherein the geometry of the customized final abutment is based on geometry of a preparation area of a patient's mouth, the preparation area being in either modified or unmodified form, and wherein the customized final abutment and the gingiva former are distinct physical objects.