Template for implant denture

Abstract

Abstract IN ORDER TO IMPLANT A FIXED BRIDGE INTO A PATIENT''S MOUTH WHEN NO TEETH ARE PRESENT OR LARGE EDENTULOUS SPACES EXIST WITH ONLY A FEW TEETH LEFT, A TEMPLATE IS FORMED HAVING A CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO THE CONTOUR OF THE GUM AND BONE STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE CONTOUR OF TEETH THAT WILL FORM THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IN THE AREA OF THE MOUTH IN WHICH THE PROTHESIS IS TO BE PLACED. SECURING ELEMENTS AT THE TOOTH AREA ARE PASSED THROUGH THE TEMPLATE INTO THE BONE STRUCTURE AND A PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS ARE PROVIDED ON THE TEMPLATE ADJACENT THE SECURING ELEMENTS. TOOTH SUPPORTS ARE FORMED AROUND THOSE PROJECTIONS AND SECURING ELEMENTS. THE TEMPLATE MAY ALSO HAVE A VERTICAL POST PROJECTING THEREFROM WHICH, LIKE SAID TOOTH SUPPORTS, IS ADAPTED TO BE SNUGLY RECEIVED WITHIN A MATING RECESS IN THE DENTURE. SAID POST MAY COOPERATE WITH THE DENTURE IN PRECISION ATTACHMENT FASHION, AND A GINGIVAL SHOULDER MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE TEMPLATE TO PROVIDE FURTHER SUPPORT FOR THE ARTIFICIAL TOOTH STRUCTURE AND TO PREVENT CONTACT OF THE DENTURE WITH THE GUM TISSUE.

Inventors

• 👤 Leonard I Linkow

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