Band of Connective Tissue Grooves for Use with a Dental Implant or a Separate Abutment for a Dental Implant

• US 20090233256A1
• Filed: 03/14/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Schroering
• Original Assignee: Robert Schroering
• Inventors: Schroering, Robert
• Application Number:
  US12/048,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20090233256A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 433/174
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/0022 Self-screwing A61C8/0028 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention is a dental implant system that has a band of connective tissue rings and grooves on an external surface of the dental implant system. The connective tissue band grooves have a depth of from greater than about 25 μm to about 600 μm. The dental implant system is designed to minimize tissue loss and to reduce the risk of bacterial infection in the implant site.

Claims

1. A dental implant system comprising a dental implant device for anchoring in bone, said dental implant system defining a stem and wherein said stem comprises a plurality of rings circumscribing said stem, and wherein a plurality of grooves are formed by neighboring rings, and wherein said rings define an outer diameter and said grooves define an inner diameter and a connective tissue groove depth is defined as the difference between the outer diameter and the inner diameter, and wherein said connective tissue groove depth measures from greater than about 25 μ

m to about 400 μ

m.

2. The dental implant system of claim 1 wherein said stem has a length of about 0.2 mm to about 2 mm.

3. The dental implant system of claim 1 wherein said connective tissue groove depth measures about 50 μ

m.

4. The dental implant system of claim 1 wherein said rings lie essentially parallel and are essentially equally spaced relative to each other.

5. The dental implant system of claim 4 wherein said rings lie at a slight angle relative to a midline of said dental device.

6. The dental implant system of claim 4 wherein said rings are contoured to match a jaw bone.

7. The dental implant system of claim 1 wherein said rings define a ring width and said ring width ranges from greater than about 25 μ

m to about 600 μ

m.

8. The dental implant system of claim 1 wherein said grooves define a groove width and said groove width ranges from greater than about 25 μ

m to about 600 μ

m.

9. The dental implant system of claim 8 wherein said groove width ranges from about 30 μ

m to about 450 μ

m.

10. The dental implant system of claim 1 wherein an abutment is reversibly joined to said dental implant device.

11. The dental implant system of claim 1 wherein an abutment is fixedly joined to said dental implant device.

12. A dental implant system for a dental device for anchoring in bone, said dental implant system defining a stem section and said stem section comprising a plurality of rings circumscribing said stem section wherein said rings lie essentially parallel and are essentially equally spaced relative to each other, and wherein a plurality of grooves are formed by neighboring rings, and wherein said rings define an outer diameter and said grooves define an inner diameter and a connective tissue groove depth is defined as the difference between the outer diameter and the inner diameter, and wherein said connective tissue groove depth measures from greater than about 25 μ

m to about 400 μ

m.

13. The dental implant system of claim 12 wherein said rings are contoured to match a jaw bone.

14. The dental implant system of claim 12 wherein said rings define a ring width and said ring width ranges from greater than about 25 μ

m to about 600 μ

m.

15. The dental implant system of claim 12 wherein said grooves define a groove width and said groove width ranges from about 30 μ

m to about 450 μ

m.

16. A dental implant system for a dental device for anchoring in bone, said dental implant system defining a stem section and said stem section comprising a plurality of rings circumscribing said stem section wherein said rings lie essentially parallel and are essentially equally spaced relative to each other, and wherein a plurality of grooves are formed by neighboring rings, and wherein said rings define an outer diameter and said grooves define an inner diameter and a connective tissue groove depth is defined as the difference between the outer diameter and the inner diameter, and wherein said connective tissue groove depth measures from greater than about 25 μ

m to about 600 μ

m, and wherein said rings define a ring width and said ring width ranges from greater than about 25 μ

m to about 600 μ

m, and wherein said grooves define a groove width and said groove width ranges from greater than about 25 μ

m to about 400 μ

m.

17. The dental implant system of claim 16 wherein said ring width and said groove width and said connective tissue groove depth have essentially identical dimensions.

18. The dental implant system of claim 17 wherein said ring width and said groove width and said connective tissue groove depth each measure from about 30 μ

m to about 450 μ

m.

19. The dental implant system of claim 17 wherein said ring width and said groove width and said connective tissue groove depth each measure about 50 μ

m.

20. The dental implant system of claim 17 wherein said stem section defines a diameter and wherein said collar defines a diameter and wherein said implant section defines a diameter and wherein said stem diameter is smaller than said collar diameter and wherein said stem diameter is smaller than said implant section diameter.