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ANGLED DENTAL PLATFORM ASSEMBLY AND METHODS

  • US 20120196250A1
  • Filed: 11/16/2011
  • Published: 08/02/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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