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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Panthera Dental Inc., Quebec, CA;
Jean Robichaud, Quebec, CA;
Florent Miquel, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, CA;
PANTHERA DENTAL INC., Québec, Québec, CA;
Abstract
A dental prosthesis attachment system is for an endosseous dental implant. The dental prosthesis attachment system includes: a removable dental prosthesis; a dental prosthesis portion secured to the removable dental prosthesis; and a dental implant portion securable to the dental implant and removably engageable with the dental prosthesis portion. The dental prosthesis portion includes an open-ended dental prosthesis sleeve having an outer surface and an inner cavity. The outer surface is secured to the dental prosthesis and the inner cavity is lined with a retention material defining an inner peripheral wall having at least one of a protrusion and a recess. The dental implant portion includes an attachment pillar removably insertable within the inner cavity of the dental prosthesis portion. The attachment pillar has a peripheral wall provided with at least one of a protrusion and a recess removably interlocked with the at least one of the recess and the protrusion on the inner peripheral wall of the inner cavity.