Dental Implant Fixture Mount Abutment with Ball Impression Screw
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional dental implant fixture mounts are discarded after placement, leading to time-consuming and costly processes for making impressions, which delays patient recovery and increases clinical inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A dental implant fixture mount-abutment (DIFMA) system with a ball impression screw (BIS) that allows immediate impression taking after surgery, serving as a fixture mount, impression coping, temporary, and permanent abutment, reducing the need for multiple components and procedures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a traditional fixture mount is used for implant placement, then the implant can be placed accurately, but the fixture mount must be discarded after use, leading to increased treatment time and cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the fixture mount and abutment into a single integrated component (DIFMA). The fixture mount portion serves as the impression coping, while the abutment portion remains on the implant. This merging eliminates the need to discard the fixture mount after implant placement, as it continues to serve multiple functions including serving as the abutment for the final restoration.
Solution Approach 2:
The DIFMA is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as the fixture mount during implant placement, as the impression coping for taking impressions, as the temporary abutment, and as the permanent abutment. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate components and reduces treatment steps.
2Ease of operation
If a traditional fixture mount and separate impression coping are used, then the impression can be taken, but multiple components and procedures are required, increasing cost and complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The fixture mount and impression coping are merged into a single DIFMA component. The fixture mount portion of the DIFMA serves as the impression coping, eliminating the need for a separate impression coping component and simplifying the overall device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The DIFMA performs multiple functions including serving as the fixture mount during implant placement, as the impression coping for taking impressions, and as the abutment for the final restoration. This multi-functionality reduces the number of components needed in the treatment process.
3Reliability
If waiting three to six months for implant integration is required, then the implant can fully integrate with bone, but patient comfort and esthetics are delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The DIFMA is designed with features that enable immediate function and esthetics right after implant placement. The abutment portion is pre-formed and ready to support the final restoration immediately, eliminating the need to wait for bone integration before placing the crown or bridge.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables a dynamic approach where the implant transitions from a healing phase to an immediate function phase. The DIFMA allows the implant to serve both as a healing structure and as the final restoration support, eliminating the need for separate healing and restoration phases.
Data Source
AI summary
A dental implant fixture mount-abutment includes a fixture mount having a coronal end and an internal slot, a tapered cylinder body, a root for internally connecting to a dental implant, and a plurality of engaging jaws protruded from the root for engaging with an internal channel of the dental implant, such that the root forms a male connector for inserting into the internal channel in the dental implant to stabilize the DIFMA in position.