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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Jeffrey A. Bassett, Vista, CA (US);
Kent Woolf, Oceanside, CA (US);
Maurice Salama, Atlanta, GA (US);
Henry Salama, Glenside, PA (US);
David Garber, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeffrey A. Bassett, Vista, CA (US);
Kent Woolf, Oceanside, 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 abutment having a longitudinal axis, lingual and facial aspects, a base portion for engagement with a dental implant, and a tapered coronal portion. The dental abutment further includes an emergence profile portion between the base portion and the tapered coronal portion. The emergence profile portion includes at least a first concave surface and at least a first convex surface. The dental abutment may further include an interproximally sloping margin shoulder and a reduced terminal portion located at the upper end of the tapered coronal portion. Alternative embodiments of the dental abutment are also disclosed.