Dental prosthetic assembly

Claim 1

A dental prosthetic assembly comprising a preformed hollow sleeve member adapted to be inserted and secured within a conformally shaped bore in a tooth stub in a patient''s mouth, said sleeve member having a longitudinal opening and a closed distal end, an intermediate rod member, a dental prosthetic structure, a lower end portion of said intermediate rod member being adapted to be frictionally inserted into said opening and frictionally engageable therein, an upper end portion of said intermediate rod member including an anchoring member for securement of said intermediate rod member to said dental prosthetic structure, said hollow sleeve member including a saddle with an upper end thereof and extending laterally outward from a proximal end of said opening, said sleeve member and said saddle forming an insert assembly, a lower peripheral surface of said saddle being conformal with a peripheral surface of said bored tooth stub, said dental prosthetic structure having an opening formed in a bottom peripheral surface thereof, means for securing said anchoring member with said lastmentioned opening, and the bottom surface of said dental prosthetic structure being substantially conformal with a peripheral upper surface of said saddle and in registry therewith.

Claim 11

A method of forming a dental prosthetic assembly including a tooth stub disposed in a patient''s mouth and comprising the steps of preparing said tooth stub for said dental prosthetic assembly including drilling of a substantially centrally disposed bore therein, forming a saddle integral with a preformed hollow sleeve member to thereby form an insert assembly, forming a bottom peripheral surface of said saddle conformally with an upper peripheral surface of said prepared tooth stub, positionally securing the hollow sleeve member in said bore to thereby positionally secure the insert assembly to the prepared tooth stub, securing an upper anchoring member of an intermediate rod member to a dental prosthetic structure, and frictionally inserting a lower end portion of said intermediate rod member into an opening in the hollow sleeve member to thereby positionally secure said dental prosthetic structure with respect to said tooth stub.

Claim 12

A method of forming a dental prosthetic assembly including a tooth stub disposed in a patient''s mouth and comprising the steps of preparing said tooth stub for said dental prosthetic assembly including drilling of a substantially centrally disposed bore therein, forming a saddle integral with a preformed hollow sleeve member to thereby form an insert assembly, forming a bottom peripheral surface of said saddle conformally with an upper peripheral surface of said prepared tooth stub, positionally securing the hollow sleeve member in said bore to thereby positionally secure the insert assembly to the prepared tooth stub, securing an upper anchoring member of an intermediate rod member to a dental prosthetic structure, and frictionally inserting a lower end portion of said intermediate rod member into an opening in the hollow sleeve member to thereby positionally secure said dental prosthetic structure with respect to said tooth stub.