Temporary abutment with combination of scanning features and provisionalization features

摘要

A method of creating a patient-specific abutment to be coupled to an implant installed in a mouth of a patient, the method comprising: non-rotationally attaching a temporary abutment to the implant, the temporary abutment having at least one physical structure indicative of one or more characteristics of the implant; non-rotationally attaching a temporary prosthetic assembly to the temporary abutment such that the temporary prosthetic assembly is removable therefrom; after a sufficient period of time during which gingival tissue surrounding the temporary prosthetic assembly has healed, removing the temporary prosthetic assembly from the temporary abutment; after the removing, scanning at least a portion of the mouth including the temporary abutment to generate scan data; from the scan data, obtaining emergence profile information for the gingival tissue adjacent to the temporary abutment and physical structure information from the temporary abutment; based on the emergence profile information for the gingival tissue and the physical structure information, creating a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the mouth; and designing a patient-specific abutment from the three-dimensional model. H:/nlb/Interwoven/NRPortbl/DCC/NLB/7507167_1.doc - 10/3/15 Install Implant Attach temporary abutment to implant Attach temporary abutment cap and temporary prosthesis to 10 temporary abutment 1108+ Permit gingival tissue to heal around temporary abutment cap, temporary prostheses, and temporary abutment 1110 /+ Remove temporary abutment cap and temporary prosthesis Scan mouth directly or scan impression of mouth or scan 11 physical model of mouth 1114+ Analyze scan data to obtain information from anatomically shaped emergence profile of gingiva and obtain information from informational markers on temporary abutment Reattach temporary abutment cap and temporary prosthesis to temporary abutment 1118+ Create 3 D model from scan data Create patient specific abutment and permanent tooth prosthesis Remove temporary abutment, temporary abutment cap, and 14 temporary prosthesis 1124+ Install patient specific abutment and permanent tooth prosthesis on implant