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US 11,446,120 B2Granted
Bolt-type implant
OwnerHeesung Janginventor
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Abstract
A bolt-type implant includes: a bolt (12) configured to be inserted into a vertical hole drilled in a mandible (including an alveolar bone) at a position in which the implant will be placed; a nut (20) configured to be fitted to the bolt inserted into the mandible and fix the bolt to the mandible (including the alveolar bone); and an abutment (11) formed on a bolt head of the bolt so as to constitute a single body with the bolt and configured to be connected to a crown (artificial tooth).
Claims1
A dental implant having a bolt shape, the dental implant comprising:
- a bolt (12) having a first end and a second opposite end configured to be entirely inserted into a vertical hole drilled in a mandible at a position in which the implant will be placed;
- a bolt head having a cylinder shape with first and second opposite ends, the first end of the bolt head directly connected to the first end of the bolt, wherein an outer diameter of the bolt head is larger than an outer diameter of the bolt;
- a nut (20) configured to be fitted to the second end of the bolt inserted into the mandible and fix the bolt to the mandible;
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- an abutment (11) formed on the second end of the bolt head so as to constitute a single body with the bolt and bolt head, the abutment configured to be connected to a crown,
- wherein the outer diameter of the bolt head is larger than an outer diameter of the abutment,
- wherein one end of the abutment is cylindrical, and an outer diameter thereof gradually decreases toward the other end the abutment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.