Patent ID: 8297974
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental implant, comprising: a coronal body formed of solid metal, having a proximal end, having a distal end, and having a cylindrical shape; and an elongated cylindrical porous body that forms a porous metal structure having a proximal end that connects to the distal end of the coronal body at an interface, wherein the porous metal structure extends throughout the porous body and through a center of the porous body in a cross-sectional view of the porous body such that the porous body is a completely porous structure in the cross-sectional view, the distal end of the coronal body has a circular shape, the proximal end of the porous body has a circular shape, and the solid metal of the circular shape of the coronal body interfaces with the completely porous structure of the circular shape of the porous body at the interface.