Patent ID: 6406296
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A61C,F16B

Abstract:
A dental implant for securement within an entry region of a bore, having a given diameter, within a maxilla or mandible, inclusive of the cortical bone thereof, said implant comprising:(a) a constant-pitched threaded elongate bone-engaging anchor having a proximal upper portion having an outside diameter larger than that of an integral distal lower portion thereof, said larger diameter also larger than said given diameter of said entry region of said bore, said anchor defining, in axial cross-section, an envelope in which said upper portion substantially defines a cylinder and said lower portion substantially defines a conical section; and (b) an engagable head integrally dependent from a proximal surface of said proximal portion of said anchor, said head having an outside diameter smaller than said outside diameter of said proximal portion of said anchor, said outside diameter of said head also substantially equal to said given diameter of said entry region of said bore.