Patent ID: 11911239
Assignee: TRI DENTAL IMPLANTS INT. AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 20:
21. A dental implant for a dental prosthesis, comprising:
an external thread arranged on an outside of the dental implant configured to fasten the dental implant to a jawbone;
an opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the dental implant, wherein an internal thread configured to fasten a superstructure to the dental implant is arranged in the opening; and
an interface arranged at a front end of the dental implant configured to fasten the super-structure to the dental implant;
wherein the interface comprises a convex, rounded curvature extending around the longitudinal axis over an angular range of at least 90°, and a support surface arranged radially outwardly relative to the convex curvature, wherein the support surface has at least one annular portion that is oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis, and the convex, rounded curvature curves outwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the dental implant, and
wherein, in a longitudinal cross section along the longitudinal axis of the dental implant, a tangent, that lies in the longitudinal cross section and is oriented tangentially to a radially outer edge of the convex curvature that faces the annular portion of the support surface, is coplanar with the annular portion of the support surface.