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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Jeffrey A. Bassett, Vista, CA (US);
Christopher M. Gervais, San Marcos, CA (US);
Kent Woolf, Oceanside, CA (US);
Benjamin W. Wang, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Ryan M. Donahoe, San Diego, CA (US);
Maurice Salama, Atlanta, GA (US);
Henry Salama, Glenside, PA (US);
David Garber, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeffrey A. Bassett, Vista, CA (US);
Christopher M. Gervais, San Marcos, CA (US);
Kent Woolf, Oceanside, CA (US);
Benjamin W. Wang, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Ryan M. Donahoe, San Diego, CA (US);
Maurice Salama, Atlanta, GA (US);
Henry Salama, Glenside, PA (US);
David Garber, Atlanta, GA (US);
Zimmer Dental, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed within is a dental restorative system including a dental fixture component having a longitudinal axis, a body portion, and an emergence profile portion adjacent to the body portion. The dental fixture component also has a tapered coronal portion adjacent to the emergence profile portion, with the tapered coronal portion having one end adjacent to the emergence profile portion and a terminal end with a non-frustoconical surface and a non-circular cross section. The emergence profile portion may include one or more concave surfaces. The dental fixture component may further include an interproximally sloping margin shoulder. Certain embodiments of the dental fixture component include threaded body portions. Alternative embodiments of the dental fixture component are also disclosed.