Zygomatic dental implant
OwnerAlex FIBISHENKOinventor
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Abstract
A zygomatic dental implant having an elongate body comprising: an elongate apical portion for anchoring the implant in zygoma bone of a patient, the apical portion having a central longitudinal axis; a coronal portion having an internally threaded bore via which an abutment can be engaged with the implant; and an intermediate portion extending between the apical portion and the coronal portion, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the intermediate portion and/or the coronal portion, taken along a plane perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, is ovoid.
Claims21
A zygomatic dental implant having an elongate body comprising:
- an elongate apical portion for anchoring the implant in zygoma bone of a patient, the apical portion having a central longitudinal axis;
- a coronal portion having an internally threaded bore via which an abutment can be engaged with the implant;
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- an intermediate portion extending between the apical portion and the coronal portion,
- wherein a cross-sectional shape of the intermediate portion and/or the coronal portion, taken along a plane perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, is ovoid.
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The implant of claim wherein the coronal portion comprises a generally planar platform facing a direction that is aligned with the centre of the second arc at an upper end of the coronal portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.