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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Bicon, Llc, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Vincent J. Morgan, Boston, MA (US);
Robert E. Vasile, Westborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bicon, LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0071 (2013.01); A61C 8/0048 (2013.01); A61C 8/0095 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dental abutment having a coronal portion for supporting a prosthesis separated from a post for seizing, galling or cold welding in a dental implant by a cylindrical portion and hemispheric base portion of length less than the combined length of the prosthetic head and locking taper post portions. The hemispherical portion of the abutment having a sloping shoulder with a surface that forms a small angle with a perpendicular to the cylindrical surface. A dental prosthesis system including such dental abutments.