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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Applicant:
Steven Lombardi, New Castle, PA (US);
Inventor:
Steven Lombardi, New Castle, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of fixing a dental implant assembly is described. The assembly includes an implant, a driver/abutment device, and a spacer. The bottom portion of the device has a protrusion with an inferior aspect and a superior aspect. The spacer prevents the oversized, superior aspect of the device from engaging an interior cavity of the implant so that the driver is easily removable after insertion of the implant in the jaw of a patient. Removing the spacer permits the superior aspect to engage the interior cavity, thereby permanently fixing the driver to the implant.