Integrated Insertion Post with Scan Body for Dental Implant Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The digital Munich implant concept requires careful handling to prevent aspiration risks and potential deviations in implant positioning during attachment and removal of the scan body, which complicates the process and increases treatment time.
Innovation Solution
A system with an insertion post that combines the functions of torque transmission and scan body positioning, allowing for direct implant insertion and position detection using an intraoral scanner, reducing the need for separate steps and minimizing aspiration risks by pre-connecting the insertion aid, implant, and insertion post outside the oral cavity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the scan body is attached and removed separately during the implant procedure, then the position detection can be performed, but the aspiration risk increases and the treatment time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the scan body with the insertion post into a single integrated component. The scan body is pre-attached to the insertion post before implant insertion, eliminating the need for separate attachment and removal steps. This integration maintains position detection capability while reducing aspiration risk and treatment time.
Solution Approach 2:
The scan body is pre-connected to the insertion post outside the oral cavity before the implant procedure. This preliminary attachment ensures proper positioning and eliminates the need for intraoral manipulation of separate components, thereby reducing aspiration risk and streamlining the treatment process.
2Measurement precision
If the scan body is attached separately to the implant, then position detection is possible, but the process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The scan body and insertion post are merged into a single pre-assembled unit. This integration maintains the precision of implant position detection while significantly simplifying the clinical procedure by reducing the number of steps and components the dentist must manipulate.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate components are used for implant insertion and scanning, then functional requirements are met, but the number of manipulation steps increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated insertion post with pre-attached scan body serves multiple functions simultaneously: it enables implant insertion through the drive section and performs position detection through the scan body. This multi-functionality reduces the number of manipulation steps while maintaining all necessary clinical capabilities.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an insertion post (12) for inserting an implant (10) into a jaw bone. The insertion post (12) comprises a first drive portion (16) for transferring a torque to the insertion post (12), and a second drive portion for transferring a torque from the insertion post (12) to the implant (10). The insertion post (12) can be connected releasably to the implant (10) in such a way that in the connection there is a clear relationship between the position of the implant (10) and the position of the insertion post (12), and it comprises a scan body portion (14) which permits a determination of the position of the insertion post (12) by means of an intraoral scanner.