Angular dental abutment assembly
View Patent ↗A dental abutment assembly that comprises a dental abutment having a tubular passage with an internal abutment thread at a lower end of the tubular passage, a dental implant fixture having an upper socket with an internal implant fixture thread, and a screw shaft having an upper external thread with an upper external helix twisted in a first direction and a lower external thread having a lower external helix twisted in a second direction, the upper external thread and the lower external thread are located at opposite ends of a connecting shaft. The first direction and the second direction are opposite to one another.
1. A dental implant assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end configured to be screwed into a jawbone, said dental implant assembly comprising:
a dental abutment configured to be positioned at said proximal end of said assembly, said dental abutment having a tubular passage with an internal abutment thread at a distal end of said tubular passage;
a dental implant fixture having a proximal socket with an internal implant fixture thread, wherein a distal end of said dental abutment is receivable in said proximal socket; and
a screw shaft having a proximal external thread, a distal external thread and a connecting shaft, said proximal thread and distal thread located at opposite ends of said connecting shaft;
wherein said connecting shaft comprises a smooth surface and a diameter smaller than a minor diameter of said internal abutment thread;
wherein said proximal external thread is sized and shaped for being threaded into said internal abutment thread; and
when said assembly is assembled:
a) said entire proximal external thread extends proximally beyond said internal abutment thread; and
b) said connecting shaft is surrounded by said internal abutment thread.
2. The dental implant assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said internal abutment thread is integrally formed within a polygonal end portion in a distal part of said dental abutment; wherein said polygonal end portion is a regular polygon.
3. The dental implant assembly according to claim 2 , wherein said proximal socket is integrally formed with a polygonal hollow cavity that fittingly receives said polygonal end portion.
4. The dental implant assembly according to claim 3 , wherein said polygonal hollow cavity is cylindrical that fittingly receives an end portion of said distal part of said dental abutment.
5. The dental implant assembly according to claim 3 , wherein said polygonal hollow cavity is conical that fittingly receives an end portion of said distal part of said dental abutment.
6. The dental implant assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said tubular passage passes in a parallel projection of a longitudinal axis of said dental implant fixture.
7. The dental implant assembly according to claim 1 , said dental abutment further comprising a prosthesis socket for receiving a prosthesis screw; wherein a longitudinal axis of said prosthesis socket and a longitudinal axis of said tubular passage are not parallel to one another.
8. The dental implant assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a proximal portion of said dental abutment is integrally formed with a protruding ball.
9. The dental implant assembly according to claim 1 , a proximal portion of said dental abutment having a substantially planar surface.
10. The dental implant assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a thread pitch of said proximal external thread is different from a thread pitch of said distal external thread.
11. The dental implant assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a number of turns of a helix of said proximal external thread is different from a number of turns of a helix of said distal external thread.
12. The dental implant assembly according to claim 1 , said screw shaft having a screw head drive type selected from a group consisting of: a slot drive type and a hex socket drive type.
13. The dental implant assembly of claim 1 , wherein said abutment tubular passage comprises a wide portion proximal to said internal abutment thread having a diameter larger than a major diameter of said proximal external thread.
14. The dental implant assembly of claim 13 , wherein said abutment tubular passage comprises a narrow portion to provide access of a tool to a screw slot on said screw shaft.
15. The dental implant assembly of claim 1 , wherein said distal external thread and proximal external thread comprise between 2 and 25 helix threads.
16. The dental implant assembly of claim 1 , wherein a helix of said proximal external thread is twisted in a first direction and a helix of said distal external thread is twisted in a second direction.
17. A method of assembling a dental implant assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end configured to be screwed into a jawbone, said method comprising:
providing a dental abutment configured to be positioned at said proximal end of said assembly, said dental abutment having tubular passage with an internal abutment thread located at a distal end of the tubular passage;
providing a screw shaft having a proximal external thread and a distal external thread located at opposite ends of a connecting shaft having a smooth surface;
threading said proximal external thread in the internal abutment thread until said proximal external thread entirely passes said internal abutment thread;
providing a dental implant fixture having a proximal socket with an internal implant fixture thread; and
screwing a distal end of said dental abutment into the dental implant fixture proximal socket.
18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein said threading of said proximal external thread brings said internal abutment thread to surround said smooth surfaced connecting shaft.