DENTAL IMPLANT AND CROWN AND METHOD OF PLACING A DENTAL IMPLANT AND CROWN IN A SINGLE VISIT

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of replacing a native tooth with a dental appliance during a dental procedure, the dental appliance consisting of an implant portion (22) and a crown portion (24), the method comprising the steps of: removing the native tooth from the mouth of the patient, wherein said removal leaves an extraction socket (18) in the mouth of the patient, the extraction socket having a volume and a shape that corresponds to the configuration of a root portion of the removed native tooth; selecting a dental appliance, wherein the crown portion makes proper inter-proximal contact with a first and second tooth each being adjacent the native tooth before removal of the native tooth and the implant portion fills a volume that is less than the volume of the extraction socket; filling the extraction socket left after removal of the native tooth with a volume of cement (30), the cement selected to secure the implant portion within the extraction socket; positioning the dental appliance in the mouth of the patient wherein the implant portion sets within the volume of cement; and enabling the cement to harden and hold the dental appliance in position.