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

Claim 15:
16. A dental implant 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
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 oriented parallel to or coplanar with the annular portion of the support surface.