ANGLED DENTAL PLATFORM ASSEMBLY AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A method for securing a dental implant system to a patient'"'"'s jawbone, the method comprising:
- removing a portion of the patient'"'"'s gum at a treatment site sufficient to expose the patient'"'"'s jawbone;
removing a portion of the patient'"'"'s jawbone at the treatment site to form a recess, wherein the recess tapers downward in a direction from lingual to buccal or buccal to lingual;
positioning a base member at the treatment site such that the base member is embedded within the recess, wherein the base member has a top defined by an outer periphery, a bottom, a buccal side, a lingual side, and a tapered central opening, wherein one of the lingual side and the buccal side is longer than the other, and wherein the base member is positioned such that buccal side is buccal on the jawbone and the lingual side is lingual on the jawbone;
placing a drill bit through the central opening and drilling a hole in the jawbone;
inserting an implant screw through the central opening, wherein the implant screw has a head with a tapered section and a threaded end; and
turning the implant screw to secure the threaded end within the hole in the jawbone and to seat the head of the implant screw within the tapered opening of the base member.
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Abstract
A dental implant system comprises a base member that is adapted to be embedded within a patient'"'"'s jawbone at a treatment site. The base member has a generally flat top defining an outer periphery, a buccal side, a lingual side, a bottom, and a central opening. The lingual side or the buccal side is longer than the other. The base member is configured to be positioned within a recess in the patient'"'"'s jawbone. An implant screw comprises a head and a threaded end. The threaded end is adapted to pass through the central opening of the base member and into the patient'"'"'s jawbone, and the head is adapted to be seated within the central opening of the base member after the threaded end is screwed into the patient'"'"'s jawbone. An abutment is configured to be placed onto the top of the base member.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for securing a dental implant system to a patient'"'"'s jawbone, the method comprising:
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removing a portion of the patient'"'"'s gum at a treatment site sufficient to expose the patient'"'"'s jawbone; removing a portion of the patient'"'"'s jawbone at the treatment site to form a recess, wherein the recess tapers downward in a direction from lingual to buccal or buccal to lingual; positioning a base member at the treatment site such that the base member is embedded within the recess, wherein the base member has a top defined by an outer periphery, a bottom, a buccal side, a lingual side, and a tapered central opening, wherein one of the lingual side and the buccal side is longer than the other, and wherein the base member is positioned such that buccal side is buccal on the jawbone and the lingual side is lingual on the jawbone; placing a drill bit through the central opening and drilling a hole in the jawbone; inserting an implant screw through the central opening, wherein the implant screw has a head with a tapered section and a threaded end; and turning the implant screw to secure the threaded end within the hole in the jawbone and to seat the head of the implant screw within the tapered opening of the base member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A dental implant system comprising:
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a base member that is adapted to be embedded within a patient'"'"'s jawbone at a treatment site, wherein the base member has a generally flat top defining an outer periphery, a buccal side, a lingual side, a bottom, and a central opening, wherein the base member is configured to be positioned within a recess in the patient'"'"'s jawbone, and wherein one of the lingual side and the buccal side is longer than the other; an implant screw comprising a head and a threaded end, wherein the threaded end is adapted to pass through the central opening of the base member and into the patient'"'"'s jawbone, and wherein the head is adapted to be seated within the central opening of the base member after the threaded end is screwed into the patient'"'"'s jawbone, wherein the implant screw defines a threaded opening in the head; and an abutment that is configured to be placed onto the top of the base member, wherein the abutment comprises; a bottom surface that is configured to be positioned adjacent the base member, and a shaped upper surface that is adapted to receive a crown. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A platform for securing a dental crown to a patient'"'"'s jawbone, the platform comprising:
a base member that is adapted to be embedded within a patient'"'"'s jawbone at a treatment site, wherein the base member has a generally flat top side, a generally flat bottom side, an outer periphery, and a central opening that tapers inward with a constant taper from the top surface to the bottom surface and is configured to receive an implant screw, wherein the top side has a top surface that is disposed at an angle relative to a bottom surface of the bottom side. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A dental implant system comprising:
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an integral base member/abutment having an upper portion and a lower portion, where in the upper portion is shaped to receive a crown, wherein the lower portion is adapted to be at least partially embedded within a recess in a patient'"'"'s jawbone at a treatment site, and a central opening that extends through the base member/abutment; an implant screw comprising a head and a threaded end, wherein the threaded end is adapted to pass through the central opening and into the patient'"'"'s jawbone, and wherein the head is adapted to be seated within the central opening of the base member/abutment after the threaded end is screwed into the patient'"'"'s jawbone. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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