Patent ID: 8974227
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental implant, comprising a dental component comprising wherein the apical end of each of the plurality of neighboring second indexing elements is located apically of the apical end of the first indexing element and wherein the coronal end of each of the fourth indexing elements is located coronally of the coronal end of the third indexing element, and wherein the first indexing element is only enabled to mate with the third indexing element after the plurality of neighboring second indexing elements have mated with the plurality of neighboring fourth indexing elements, and wherein any play between the first indexing element and the mating third indexing element is smaller than a play between the plurality of neighboring second indexing elements and the plurality of neighboring fourth indexing elements, whereby a tighter fit is provided between the first and third indexing elements compared to the fit between the plurality of neighboring second and plurality of neighboring fourth indexing elements.