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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephan S. Porter, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Theodore M. Powell, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
Implant Innovations, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a healing abutment for attachment to a dental implant with information markers provided thereon and a method for making the same. The implant has an apical end installed into a jawbone having overlying gingiva and a gingival end near an interface of the gingiva and the jawbone with a hexagonal boss thereon. The healing element comprises information markers for determining the orientation of said hexagonal boss, the diameter of said healing element, the height of said healing element, and the size of said implant.