US 12,336,882 B2
Gingiva healing abutment for a dental implant
Jacques Camps, Negrepelisse (FR)
Assigned to CREADENT MONTAUBAN, Montauban (FR)
Appl. No. 17/769,302
Filed by CREADENT MONTAUBAN, Montauban (FR)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/079073
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/078628, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1911877 (FR), filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148477 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 8/0066 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0018 (2013.01); A61C 8/0059 (2013.01); A61C 8/0068 (2013.01); A61C 8/008 (2013.01); A61C 2008/0084 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A healing abutment configured to be mounted in an implant prior to placing a prosthetic tooth, the healing abutment comprising:
a foot and a head which are aligned along an axis Z and connected by a clamping screw extending along the axis Z,
the foot comprising a lower foot part configured to cooperate with the implant and an upper foot part,
the head comprising a lower head part configured to cooperate with the upper foot part so as to mount the head onto the foot and an upper head part having a determined shape,
at least one reference member defining an oriented reference frame in at least two dimensions and configured to cooperate with the foot in order to define a plurality of elemental positions of the oriented reference frame with respect to said foot along the axis Z, said at least one reference member being movably mounted as an insert onto the upper head part in order to allow at least one optimal elemental position to be selected among the plurality of elemental positions according to the determined shape of said upper head part; and
wherein the oriented reference frame being defined on an upper face of the reference member.