SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION TEMPORARY (SHELL) IMMEDIATE-IMPLANT ABUTMENT WITH BIOLOGICAL ACTIVE SURFACE

摘要

An immediate dental implant shell has outer, multiple zones for engaging a soft tissue socket left immediately after tooth extraction from a bone socket. The zones have combinations of different biologic agents, macro- or micro-geometric, or micro- or macro-morphology irregularities to better engage gingival sulcus, junctional epithelium and dento-gingival fiber zones of the soft tissue socket. The shell may also have various guide markings and projections to aide drilling of the implant hole in the bone socket. A dental implant is placed in the drilled implant hole before or after the shell has been placed in the soft tissue socket, and has an axis that is independent of the shell axis so the shell and implant both sit in optimum positions in their respective soft and bone sockets.

主权项

1. A soft tissue preserving, dental implant arrangement for use immediately after a tooth has been extracted to leave a soft tissue socket and a bone socket, the arrangement comprising:
a hollow dental implant shell having at least two outer zones for engaging a soft tissue socket left immediately after tooth extraction from a bone socket, the zones being at least two of a gingival sulcus zone, a junctional epithelium zone and a dento-gingival fiber zone of the soft tissue socket, the at least two zones have combinations of at least two different biologic agents, macro- or micro-geometric, or micro- or macro-morphology irregularities to engage gingival sulcus, junctional epithelium and dento-gingival fiber zones of the soft tissue socket.