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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
May. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary Singer, Middletown Media, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ; A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433172 ; 433173 ;
Abstract
An anatomically dimensioned healing cap is provided for use during second stage surgery of a dental implant which preserves the actual tooth contour within the gingiva to facilitate accurate crown reproduction exhibiting a proper emergence profile. The healing cap is a unitary member that is dimensioned in accordance with the removed tooth and which has a coupling that directly engages the head of any implant without scoring or damaging the implant. The healing cap also provides an occlusal lip to prevent the overgrowth of gingiva tissue during second stage healing.