Patent ID: 9474589
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A61C

Claim Text:
1. A multi-part tooth implant with at least a proximal implant part and a distal implant part that are to be connected to each other such that a connection portion is obtained when the two implant parts are in the connected state, wherein an annular sealing element is arranged at this connection portion, which, in the fully assembled state of the tooth implant, is clamped between mutually opposite sealing surfaces, namely a sealing surface of the proximal implant part and a sealing surface of the distal implant part, such that the sealing element has an outer surface portion that forms part of the outer contour of the tooth implant, wherein the two sealing surfaces approach each other in a direction oriented outwards from a central longitudinal axis of the tooth implant, the two sealing surfaces merge into respective outer surfaces of the tooth implant at the place where, in the outer contour of the fully assembled tooth implant, a surface portion formed by the sealing element in each case adjoins a surface portion formed by the respective implant part, which outer surfaces move away from each other in the outwardly oriented direction, characterized in that both implant parts have abutment surfaces facing the respective other implant part, which abutment surfaces abut or meet when the tooth implant is fully assembled and which define the degree of compression of the sealing element in the connected state of the tooth implant.