Patent ID: 9125708
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A method of implanting a medical implant in a patient in a medical procedure, said method comprising: creating a recess along a surface of bone tissue located on an external side of a maxilla of said patient adjacent an alveolar ridge of said maxilla, said surface oriented toward a facial side of said maxilla, wherein said recess defines an indentation extending longitudinally along the surface and the recess does not extend into the maxillary sinus cavity; creating an anchoring bore externally in facial skull bone tissue at a distance from a location of said recess; and implanting said medical implant with an apical anchoring portion thereof including an apical end thereof in said anchoring bore, and positioning a non-threaded coronal part of said medical implant adjacent said recess, such that the medical implant does not extend into the maxillary sinus cavity.