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OwnerAlan R. Balfour, Bradly S. McAllister +1inventors
InventorsAlan R. Balfour, Bradly S. McAllister, Joseph Edward Carchidi
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An endosseous dental implant system has an externally threaded root-formed base (2) with self-tapping flutes (5) formed into apical threads of the root-formed base for easy insertion and immediate locking in an osteotomy. The coronal portion of the base has either a male or a female self-locking tapered friction held post that includes an apical anti-rotational polygon (7,23) to lock the coronal attachment to the base once attached. The implant incorporates an esthetic biological gingival profile (10,11,31,32) to enhance inter-proximal bone attachment to the root-formed implant, which supports the surrounding papilla.
A dental implant comprising an elongated externally threaded base having apical and coronal portions for receipt in an osteotomy, a head portion extending from the coronal portion of the base, the head portion having an outer periphery formed with an esthetic profile extending around the outer periphery of the head and having opposed buccal and lingual sides and inter-proximal zones generally ninety degrees from the center of the buccal and lingual sides, the head having a peripherally extending coronal and apical portions, the buccal side of the coronal portion of the head formed with a scalloped, smoothly curved recess simulating the buccal area of a natural tooth and a prosthetic attachment mechanism on the head for receiving a selected prosthesis.
A dental implant comprising an elongated externally threaded base having apical and coronal portions for receipt in an osteotomy, a head portion extending from the coronal portion of the base, a prosthetic attachment mechanism on the head for receiving a selected prosthesis including a generally cylindrical surface having a self-locking taper in series with an anti-rotational polygonal surface.
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