Patent ID: 6089867
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A61B,A61C,A61F

Abstract:
A method for replacing a missing tooth with a tooth implant in a person's jawbone which comprises:procuring a natural tooth implant obtained from the jawbone of a donor person; said implant being a unit which comprises the root of a donor's tooth without the crown attached thereto and an attached portion of donor jawbone surrounding said root;surgically forming a receiving hole in the jawbone of a recipient person who is to receive said implant, said receiving hole being large enough to receive said implant therein with a gap between said implant and the jawbone of said recipient person;implanting said tooth implant into said receiving hole, said implant being oriented in said hole so that a crown can afterwards be affixed to the root of said implant; andforming a blood clot within said gap and maintaining said clot within said gap until said gap becomes ossified with bone thereby joining said implant to said recipient person's jawbone.