Healing components for use in taking impressions and methods for making the same

摘要

The present invention provides a healing abutment for attachment to a dental implant with marking locations thereon. The marking locations either lack or have markers that provide a binary code system for retrieving unique information about the healing abutment and the underlying implant.

主权项

1. A method of creating a prosthesis for mating with a dental implant in a mouth of a patient, comprising:
creating a three-dimensional computer model from a scan of at least a portion of the mouth, the mouth including gingival tissue and an attachment member coupled to the dental implant, the attachment member having at least one informational marker that indicates information regarding characteristics of the dental implant; based on the information indicated from the at least one informational marker, modifying the three-dimensional computer model so as to include a three-dimensional computer model of at least a portion of the dental implant to be used in creating the prosthesis; and designing a three-dimensional computer model of the prosthesis from the modified three-dimensional model.