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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Biomet 3i, Llc, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Zachary B. Suttin, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Stephen M. Herrington, Naples, FL (US);
Ross W. Towse, Palm City, FL (US);
Biomet 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a permanent prosthesis for attachment to a dental implant installed in a mouth of a patient includes scanning a patient specific temporary prosthesis (PSTP) to obtain scan data. The PSTP is attached to the dental implant in the mouth of the patient. Gingival tissue surrounding the PSTP is permitted to heal in the mouth of the patient. In response to aesthetics of the healed gingival tissue surrounding the PSTP in the mouth of the patient not being acceptable, the PSTP is physically modified by (i) removing material from the PSTP, (ii) adding material to the PSTP, or (iii) both. The modified PSTP is scanned and a permanent prosthesis is fabricated as a replica of the modified PSTP using scan data generated from the scan of the modified PSTP.