This application is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2013/003806, filed on Dec. 17, 2013, which published in English as WO 2014/095033 A1 on Jun. 26, 2014 and which claims priority benefit of GB Patent Application No. 1223205.4 filed on Dec. 21, 2012.
The present invention relates a dental component comprising a metal adapter.
WO2004002358 A1 discloses a spacer with associated adapter designed to be fitted on an implant. The adapter comprises first and second portions designed to cooperate with the spacer and the implant, respectively, for securing the spacer on the implant. The adapter is completely enclosed by the spacer and the implant, and the first portion of the adapter can be designed with slits for forming resilient elements on said portion and/or with penetrating parts which, when the adapter and the spacer are joined together, are deformed as it penetrates into opposite parts in the spacer material. The spacer and the adapter can in this way be easily held together upon application to the implant and can be taken apart when completion work is performed on the spacer. The first portion has a hexagonal cross section, while the second portion is provided with outwardly projecting members, specifically three convex lobes. However, the abutment-implant contact surface of the spacer in WO02004002358 A1 may be somewhat small. Also, there can be some overall rotational play between the hexagonal first portion and the spacer on one hand, and the lobed second portion and the implant on the other hand.
The present invention is defined in the appended independent claims. Embodiments are defined in the appended dependent claims.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dental component for attachment to a dental implant, the dental component comprising: a component body including at least one concave recess; and a metal adapter removably attachable to the component body, wherein the metal adapter includes at least one convex lobe adapted to abut against the at least one concave recess in the component body for preventing rotation between the component body and the metal adapter, and wherein said at least one convex lobe extends apically of an apical end of the component body when the metal adapter is attached to the component body. Said at least one convex lobe may be adapted to abut also against at least one corresponding concave recess in the dental implant for preventing rotation between the dental component and the dental implant. Hence, there is only one connection (the at least one lobe) on the adapter that fits into the implant as well to the component body, whereby the rotational play tolerances may be reduced.
The metal adapter may comprise at least one flexible arm with a protrusion adapted to press against a side wall and/or snap into a corresponding undercut (if there is any) of the component body for securing the metal adapter to the component body in the coronal-apical direction.
The component body may at its apical end have a recess including said at least one concave recess and said side wall, wherein the recess is surrounded by a dental implant contacting surface.
The at least one convex lobe and the at least one corresponding concave recess may consist of three convex lobes and concave recesses uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the dental component, wherein the at least one flexible arm consists of three flexible arms each having a protrusion, the three flexible arms being uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the dental component such that the each flexible arm is positioned between two of the convex lobes.
The metal adapter may be completely enclosed inside the component body and the dental implant.
The component body may comprise a screw channel passing through the component body and forming a first opening at a first end and a second opening at an apical end, and a screw seat proximal to the apical end of the screw channel for seating the head of a screw for the fixation of the dental component to the dental implant.
In one or more embodiments, the longitudinal axis of the screw channel at the first end does not match the longitudinal axis of the screw channel at the apical end.
The dental component may for example be an abutment.
The component body is adapted to support a dental restoration.
The component body may be full-contour part.
The component body may be ceramic.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the dental component is provided in combination with the dental implant.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of assembling a dental component for attachment to a dental implant, the dental component comprising: a ceramic component body including at least one concave recess, and a metal adapter removably attachable to the ceramic component body, wherein the metal adapter includes at least one convex lobe adapted to abut against the at least one concave recess in the ceramic component body for preventing rotation between the ceramic part and the metal adapter, which method comprises: attaching the metal adapter to the ceramic component body so that the at least one convex lobe of the metal adapter abuts against the at least one concave recess in the ceramic component body, whereby said at least one convex lobe extends apically of an apical end of the ceramic component body to serve also as an interface to the dental implant. This aspect may exhibit the same or similar features and/or technical effects as the previously discussed aspects, and vice versa.
These and other aspects of the present invention will now be described in more detail, with reference to the appended drawings showing currently preferred embodiments of the invention.
The dental component 10 comprises a coronal component body 12. The outer shape of the component body 12 in the figures may be schematic. The component body 12 may be adapted to support a dental restoration or a dental prosthesis, such as a single-unit restoration (crown) or a bridge. The restoration or prosthesis may for example be cemented to the component body 12. Alternatively, the component body of the present dental component may be a full-contour part. The component body 12 is preferably made entirely of ceramic material such as zirconia.
Alternatively, the component body 12 can be made of PEEK (polyether ether ketone), gold, etc.
The dental component 10 further comprises an apical metal adapter 14. The metal adapter 14 is also shown in
The component body 12 comprises a substantially central recess 32 provided at the apical end 34 of the component body 12, see
The dental component 10 is dimensioned so that the at least one convex lobe 16 extends uninterrupted and apically of the apical end 34 of the component body 12 when the metal adapter 14 is properly attached to the component body 12. Hence, the at least one convex lobe 16 has an exposed apical region 42a as shown in
The metal adapter 14 is removably attachable to the component body 12, so that the metal adapter 12 repeatedly may be attached/detached. To this end, the metal adapter 14 may comprise at least one flexible arm 52 with a protrusion 50. The at least one flexible arm 52 may for instance be formed by a cut out in the side wall of the metal adapter 14. The at least one arm 52 extends in a direction away from the apical end 22 of the metal adapter 14, and it is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis 18. The protrusion 50 is provided at the coronal free end of the flexible arm 52. The at least one protrusion 50 is outwardly directed. Outwardly here means substantially away from the central longitudinal axis 18. The at least one protrusion 50 may for instance project radially away from the axis 18. The at least one protrusion 50 may have a limited extent in the axial direction. In other words, it has a defined height. Each flexible arm-protrusion combination may also be referred to as a latch.
The at least one arm 52 is flexible so that the free end with the protrusion 50 can move or flex radially (perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 18), as indicated by the arrow in
When the component body 12 and the metal adapter 14 are mated, the protrusions 50 press against the side wall 36 between the concave recesses 38 of the recess 32, whereby the metal adapter 14 is attached axially (coronal-apical direction) to the component body 12 by means of friction-fit and/or press-fit. With mainly elastic deformation of the metal arms 52, the metal adapter 14 may be attached to and removed from the component body 12 several times. The metal adapter 14 may be attached to (and removed from) the component body 12 manually, without the use of tools or additional fastening means such as glue, screws, bolts, etc. In case the recess 32 also comprises said at least one undercut, the protrusions 50 may be received therein, whereby snap-locking may occur.
The component body 12 further comprises a screw channel 60. The screw channel 60 passes through the component body 12, and forms a first opening 62a at a first end 64a of the screw channel 60 and a second opening 62b at a second (apical) end 64b of the screw channel 60. The second opening 62b is in the coronal/bottom surface 80 of the recess 32 of the component body 12.
The screw channel 60 may be straight (not shown). Alternatively, as in the illustrated embodiment, the longitudinal axis 92a of the screw channel 60 at the first end 64a does not match the longitudinal axis 92b of the screw channel 60 at the second end 64b. That is, the screw channel 60 is angulated. The longitudinal axis 92b of the screw channel 60 at the second end 64b is aligned with the overall longitudinal axis 18. The first opening 64a is situated at one of the sides of the component body 12.
Preferably, at least a portion 94 of the angulated screw channel 60 between the first opening 62a and the second opening 62b is curved.
In the screw channel 60, there is provided a screw seat 68 proximal to the second end 58b. The screw channel 60 preferably includes an inclined surface defining said screw seat 68. The screw seat 68 is adapted to seat the head 70 of a screw 72 (
When the dental component 10 is attached to the dental implant 18, the exposed region 42a of the metal adapter 14 of the dental component 10 is inserted into the implant 46 so that the at least one convex lobe 16 abuts against the corresponding concave recess(s) 44, as explained above. The screw 72 extends through the screw channel 60 and the bore 28, and further into the internally threaded portion 78, where the external thread 74 of the screw 72 engages said threaded portion 78. By turning the screw 72 with a suitable tool (not shown), the screw head 70 is pressed against the screw seat 68 in the component body 12, and the dental component 10 may be fixed to the implant 46. As the dental component 10 is attached to the dental implant 46, the metal adapter 14 is completely enclosed inside the component body 12 and the dental implant 46, as seen in
A suitable way of attaching the dental component 10 to the dental implant 46 is described in Applicant's co-pending application entitled “METHOD OF ATTACHING A DENTAL COMPONENT TO A DENTAL IMPLANT”, the content of which herein is incorporated by reference.
The person skilled in the art realizes that the present invention by no means is limited to the preferred embodiments described above. On the contrary, many modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the appended claims.
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