Dental implant formed of AL.sub.2 O.sub.3 -ceramic for fastening a superstructure
AssigneeFriedrichsfeld GmbH
InventorsGunther Heimke, Reinhold Fritz
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Abstract
A superstructure-fastening dental implant formed of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -ceramic material having a distal end and a proximal end opposite to the distal end thereof and including a cylindrical shaft formed with constrictions at least partly defined by annular surfaces formed on the shaft, the annular surfaces extending perpendicularly to the axis and facing toward the proximal end of the dental implant, and means including a threaded bushing for anchoring a superstructure at the distal end of the dental implant, the proximal end of the dental implant being rounded and in the form of a spherical calotte having a smooth and uninterrupted surface.
Claims5
A superstructure-fastening dental implant
- (a) formed of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -ceramic material having a distal end and a proximal end opposite to the distal end thereof and comprising
- (b) a cylindrical shaft formed with constrictions at least partly defined by annular surfaces formed on said shaft,
- (c) said annular surfaces extending perpendicularly to the axis and facing only toward the proximal end of the dental implant,
- (d) and means comprising a threaded bushing for anchoring a superstructure at the distal end of the dental implant,
- (e) The proximal end of the dental implant being rounded and in the form of a spherical calotte having a smooth and uninterrupted surface anchorable in bone,
- (f) said cylindrical shaft being formed with respective conical surfaces tapering in axial direction toward said distal end and away from said spherical calotte and down toward said constrictions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.