Dental implant
OwnerGreg Millerinventor
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Abstract
A dental implant for securing an abutment to a jawbone, the implant including a tapered body having a longitudinal axis, the body including a coronal end and an apical end, the coronal end including an inclined coronal surface. A first bore receives a base portion of the abutment, the first bore extending downwardly from the coronal surface and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body. A second bore with a footprint larger than the first bore includes a flange adapted to be abutted by a top portion of the abutment, the diameter of the second bore being off-axis and larger than that of the first bore.
Claims11
A dental implant for securing an abutment to a jawbone, the dental implant comprising:
- a body having a longitudinal axis, the body including a coronal end and an apical end, wherein the body is tapered from the coronal end to the apical end, and wherein the coronal end includes a coronal surface inclined at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis;
- a first bore adapted to receive a base portion of the abutment, the first bore extending downwardly from the coronal surface centrally along the longitudinal axis of the body;
- a second bore extending downwardly from the coronal surface centrally along the longitudinal axis of the body, wherein the second bore is of a shape and configuration to enable a tool to be received therein to screw the dental implant into bone;
- wherein each of the first bore and the second bore is symmetrical relative to the longitudinal axis;
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- a third bore extending downwardly from the coronal surface along a second axis, wherein the second axis is oriented at an angle relative the longitudinal axis of the body, wherein the third bore is non-symmetrical relative to the second axis;
- and wherein the third bore tapers in diameter moving inwardly from the coronal surface towards the second bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.