Patent ID: 8057230
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental implant, comprising: a) a ceramic cylinder comprising an internal channel therethrough, a top end, a bottom end, an internal surface, and an external surface, wherein said external surface of said ceramic cylinder has a lower threaded end for insertion into bone tissue, wherein said lower threaded end is configured to directly contact the bone tissue when inserted into said bone tissue; b) an abutment comprising an internal channel therethrough, a top end, a bottom end, an internal surface, and an external surface, wherein a lower end of said abutment is insertable into said internal channel of said ceramic cylinder a distance through said top end of said ceramic cylinder; c) an implant tip comprising an elongated core having a threaded internal channel therein, wherein said core is insertable into said internal channel of said ceramic cylinder a fixed distance through said bottom end of said ceramic cylinder, wherein the implant tip further comprises an outer surface that is threaded for insertion into the bone tissue; and d) a screw comprising an elongated threaded shaft, wherein said screw is reversibly insertable through said internal channel of said abutment, through said internal channel of said ceramic cylinder, and into said internal channel of said core such that said threaded shaft engages said threaded internal channel of said core, wherein said screw is operable to produce compression of said ceramic cylinder when said threaded shaft of said screw is screwed into said threaded internal channel of said core while reversibly attaching said abutment to said ceramic cylinder; e) wherein said ceramic cylinder is implantable in both bone and soft tissue such that said ceramic cylinder extends through the interface between the bone and soft tissue.