Dental implant fixture for anchorage in cortcal bone

A dental implant for installation in a living human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said implant comprising:

• a unitary implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm;
• a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body;
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• a manipulating fitting on an upper surface of said flange, said manipulating fitting having a height measured from said upper surface, said height being approximately the same as an axial thickness of said flange.

A dental implant for installation in a living human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said implant comprising:

• a unitary implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm and substantially constant for a substantial portion of the distance between said apical and gingival ends;
• a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body;
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• a manipulating fitting on an upper surface of said flange, said manipulating fitting having a height measured from said upper surface, said height being less than an axial thickness of said flange.

A dental implant for installation in a living human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said implant comprising:

• a unitary implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm and substantially constant for a substantial portion of the distance between said apical and gingival ends;
• a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body;
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• a manipulating fitting on an upper surface of said flange, said manipulating fitting having a height measured from said upper surface, said height being greater than an axial thickness of said flange.

A set of dental implants for installation in a living human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said set comprising a plurality of dental implants, each of said dental implants including,

• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having at least one thread and a width dimension W that is substantially constant for a substantial portion of the distance between said apical and gingival ends;
• stop means at said gingival end for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone, said stop means including a flange with a diameter that is larger than a minor diameter of said at least one thread on said implant body, and
• a manipulating fitting on an upper surface of said flange, said manipulating fitting having a fitting width measured across said upper surface, wherein at least one of said plurality of implants has a width dimension W less than approximately 4.0 mm and at least a second one of said plurality of implants has a width dimension W at least about 5.0 mm, said fitting width of each of said implants being substantially the same.

A dental implant for installation in a living human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said implant comprising:

• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm;
• a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body;
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• a manipulating fitting on an upper surface of said flange, said manipulating fitting having a height measured from said upper surface, said height being approximately the same as the distance measured from the periphery of said upper surface to said manipulating fitting.

A dental implant for installation in a living human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said implant comprising:

• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm;
• stop means at said gingival end for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone, said stop means including a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body;
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• a manipulating fitting on an upper surface of said flange, the distance measured from the periphery of said upper surface to said manipulating fitting being approximately the same as an axial thickness of said flange.

A dental implant for installation in a living human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said implant comprising:

• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and a width dimension W that is in the range from approximately 5.0 mm to approximately 6.0 mm, a portion of said thread suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, a minimum axial distance measured between at least a pair of successive turns of said thread at the root thereof being approximately no larger than the maximum axial thickness of said thread;
• stop means at said gingival end for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone, said stop means including a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body;
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• a manipulating fitting on an upper surface of said flange, said manipulating fitting having a fitting width measured across said upper surface through an axis of rotation of said implant body, said fitting width being approximately in the range of about 70% to about 80% of the width dimension W of said implant body.

A set of dental implants for installation in a living human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said set comprising a plurality of dental implants, each of said dental implants including,

• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body, a width dimension W, and a minimum axial distance between adjacent surfaces on successive turns of said thread being less than the maximum axial thickness of said thread,
• stop means at said gingival end for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone, said stop means including a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body, and
• a manipulating fitting on an upper surface of said flange, said manipulating fitting having a fitting width measured across said upper surface that is in the range of around 70% to around 80% of said width dimension W, wherein at least one of said plurality of implants has a first width W dimension that is at least approximately 5 mm, and at least one implant of said plurality of implants has a second width dimension W that is less than approximately 4.0 mm.

A set of dental components for use in mounting an artificial tooth at a site where a natural tooth is missing from a human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said set comprising:

• a dental implant including
• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm and a minimum axial distance between at least a pair of successive turns of said thread at the root thereof that is approximately no larger than the maximum axial thickness of said thread, and
• a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body;
• an abutment to be affixed to said dental implant for mounting said artificial tooth, said abutment having a base for engaging an upper surface of said flange, said base having a base diameter that is substantially the same as said flange diameter;
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• means for attaching said abutment to said dental implant.

A set of dental components for use in mounting an artificial tooth at a site where a natural tooth is missing from a human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said set comprising:

• a dental implant including
• a unitary implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm and substantially constant for a substantial portion of the distance between said apical and gingival ends, a minimum axial distance between adjacent surfaces on at least a pair of successive turns of said thread being approximately no larger than the maximum axial thickness of said thread,
• a manipulating fitting on said gingival end with a fitting width of about 70% to about 80% of said width dimension W, and
• a flange at said gingival end having a flange diameter greater than a minor diameter of said thread for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone;
• an abutment to be affixed to said dental implant and for receiving said artificial tooth, said abutment having a base for engaging said dental implant near said gingival end, said base having a base diameter that is approximately the same as said width dimension W of said implant body near said apical end, said abutment having a fitting portion approximately the same size as said fitting width for mating with said manipulating fitting;
• and means for attaching said abutment to said dental implant.

A set of dental components for use in mounting an artificial tooth at a site where a natural tooth is missing from a human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said set comprising:

• a plurality of dental implants, each of said plurality of dental implants including
• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and a width dimension W that is substantially constant for a substantial portion of the distance between said apical and gingival ends, a minimum axial distance between adjacent surfaces on at least a pair of successive turns of said thread being approximately no larger than the maximum axial thickness of said thread;
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• a manipulating fitting at said gingival end, said manipulating fitting for each of said plurality of implants being substantially the same size;
• stop means at said gingival end for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone, said stop means including a flange with a flange diameter that is larger than a minor diameter of said thread on said implant body;
• a plurality of abutments each of which is to be affixed to one of said plurality of dental implants, each of said plurality of abutments having a base for engaging an upper surface of said flange of said one of said plurality of dental implants, said base having a base diameter that is substantially the same as said flange diameter of said one of said plurality of dental implants, each of said plurality abutments having a fitting portion for mating with said manipulating fittings, said artificial tooth capable of being mounted on each of said plurality of abutments;
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• means for attaching each of said plurality of abutments to said one of said plurality of dental implants, and
• wherein at least one of said plurality of dental implants having said width dimension W is greater than about 5.0 mm and at least one of said plurality of abutments having a base with a base diameter that is substantially the same as said width dimension W of said at least one of said plurality of dental implants, and wherein another of said plurality of dental implants having a width dimension W less than approximately 4.0 mm and another of said plurality of abutments having a base with a base diameter that is substantially the same as said width dimension W of said another of said plurality of dental implants.

A tooth restoration to be located at a site where a natural tooth is missing from a human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said tooth restoration comprising:

• a dental implant including an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm, said dental implant further including a flange with a maximum diameter that is approximately no larger than a peak-to-peak diameter of said thread on said implant body;
• an abutment having a base for engaging an upper surface of said flange, said base having a base diameter that is substantially the same as said flange diameter;
• an artificial tooth formed on said abutment;
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• means for attaching said abutment to said dental implant.

A set of dental components for use in mounting an artificial tooth at a site where a natural tooth is missing from a human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said set comprising:

• a plurality of dental implants, each of said plurality of dental implants including
• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body, a width dimension W that is at least 5.0 mm, and a minimum axial distance between adjacent surfaces on at least one pair of successive turns of said thread being approximately no larger than the maximum axial thickness of said thread, at least one of said implants having a different width dimension W than the remaining ones of said plurality of implants;
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• a flange at said gingival end for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone, said flange having a flange diameter that is larger than a minor diameter of said thread on said implant body;
• a manipulating fitting on said gingival end having a fitting width that is in the range from about 70% to about 80% of said width dimension W;
• a plurality of abutments each of which is to be affixed to one of said plurality of dental implants and to hold said artificial tooth, each of said plurality of abutments having a base for engaging an upper surface of said flange of said one of said plurality of dental implants, said base having a base diameter that is substantially the same as said flange diameter of said one of said plurality of dental implants, each of said abutments including a fitting portion having a size of said fitting width for mating with said manipulating fitting;
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• means for attaching each of said plurality of abutments to said one of said plurality of dental implants.

A set of dental components for use in mounting an artificial tooth at a site where a natural tooth is missing from a human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said set comprising:

• a dental implant including
• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said length dimension L being less than about 13.0 mm, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns substantially along said length dimension L of said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 5.0 mm and a minimum axial distance between adjacent surfaces on at least a pair of successive turns of said thread that is approximately no larger than the maximum axial thickness of said thread,
• a hexagonal manipulating fitting on said gingival end with a fitting width of about 70% to about 80% of said width dimension W, and
• a non-threaded flange at said gingival end having a flange diameter greater than a minor diameter of said thread for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone, said flange having an axial thickness less than the axial distance required for two adjacent turns of said thread;
• an abutment to be affixed to said dental implant and for receiving said artificial tooth, said abutment having a base for engaging said dental implant near said gingival end, said base having a base diameter that is substantially the same as said flange diameter, said abutment having a hexagonal fitting portion approximately the same size as said fitting width for mating with said manipulating fitting;
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• means for attaching said abutment to said dental implant.

A set of dental components for use in mounting an artificial tooth at a site where a natural tooth is missing from a human jawbone, said human jawbone having cancellous bone tissue internally and cortical bone tissue externally, said cortical bone tissue including lingual and buccal cortical plates joined by a superior cortical bone, said lingual and buccal cortical plates bounding said cancellous bone tissue of said jawbone and being separated by a buccal-to-lingual thickness, said set comprising:

• a dental implant including
• an implant body having a gingival end to be located near said superior cortical bone and an apical end to be located within said jawbone a length dimension L from said gingival end, said implant body having a thread making multiple turns around said body and suitable for engaging at least one of said lingual and buccal plates, said implant body further having a width dimension W that is at least about 4.5 mm and substantially constant for a substantial portion of the distance between said apical and gingival ends, a minimum axial distance between adjacent surfaces on at least a pair of successive turns of said thread being approximately no larger than the maximum axial thickness of said thread,
• a manipulating fitting on said gingival end with a fitting width of about 70% to about 80% of said width dimension W, and
• a flange at said gingival end having a flange diameter greater than a minor diameter of said thread for stopping penetration of said gingival end beyond said superior cortical bone;
• an abutment to be affixed to said dental implant and for receiving said artificial tooth, said abutment having a base for engaging said dental implant near said gingival end, said base having a base diameter that is approximately the same as said width dimension W of said implant body near said apical end, said abutment having a fitting portion approximately the same size as said fitting width for mating with said manipulating fitting;
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• means for attaching said abutment to said dental implant.