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US 8,408,906 B2Granted
Dental implant having a surface made of a ceramic material
AssigneeStraumann Holding AG
InventorsMichael de Wild, Frank Homann
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Abstract
A dental implant having a surface made of a ceramic material. The dental implant is characterized in that the surface has a topography defined by a Core Roughness Depth Sk of less than 1 μm.
Claims19
Dental implant having a bone tissue contacting region having a surface made of a ceramic material, wherein the surface has an osteointegrative topography defined by a Core Roughness Depth Sk of less than 1 μm, and the skewness Ssk of the topography being less than 0 as determined by the following equation:
- Ssk =−m * Sk wherein m ranges from greater than 0 to 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.