Implant and a method for using the same
OwnerDror Michael ALLONinventor
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Abstract
A dental implant for coupling an artificial tooth to a jawbone of a patient is provided. The dental implant comprises an elongated body having a first end threaded bone-engaging portion for engaging the dental implant with the jawbone and a second end, and wherein the dental implant is adapted to operate as a conduit for bone grafting material by enabling introduction of the bone grafting material into a grafting space extending between said elongated body and the patient's jawbone surrounding it. Preferably, the dental implant comprises a plurality of longitudinal grooves located at the external surface of the threaded bone-engaging portion of the dental implant, or comprises circumferentially located openings, to allow delivery of bone grafting material into the grafting space.
Claims15
A dental implant for coupling an artificial tooth to a jawbone of a patient which comprises an elongated body having a first end threaded bone-engaging portion for engaging the dental implant with said jawbone and a second end, and wherein the dental implant is adapted to operate as a conduit for bone grafting material by enabling introduction of said bone grafting material into a grafting space extending between said elongated body and the patient's jawbone surrounding it.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for carrying out a dental implantation procedure which comprises the steps of:
- (i) drilling a cavity at a site in a patient's jawbone for inserting thereat a first end of a dental implant;
- (ii) inserting the dental implant at its intended position;
- (iii) filling a grafting space defined by the implant and the surrounding jawbone, with a bone grafting material delivered through the dental implant and/or via longitudinally arranged grooves extending at the outer surface of the dental implant;
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- (iv) placing a temporary crown on top of the dental implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.