Patent ID: 6109919
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A fixture of a dental implant system for implantation in bone tissue of the maxilla or mandible by displacement thereof in a forward direction in the maxilla or mandible for supporting a superstructure, the fixture comprising:a forward end,a rearward end which presents an interfacing surface for interfacing with an interfacing surface of the superstructure, andan outer surface which forwardly of a predetermined position on the outer surface is adapted for interlocking with bone tissue of the maxilla or mandible,wherein the predetermined position is provided at the level where interlocking between the fixture outer surface and bone tissue commences, and the interfacing surface of the fixture is structurally isolated from the fixture outer surface to a level which is both forwardly of the interfacing surface and the predetermined position on the outer surface.