Patent ID: 6461160
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A device for at least one of holding and forming a dental prosthesis, the device comprising:an implant formed of a metal main body and adapted to be at least partially anchored in a bone, said metal main body having an axis, a first implant end intended to be inserted into the bone, and a second implant end intended to protrude from the bone; an annular ceramic body secured to the metal main body and having an end directed away from the bone, wherein the annular ceramic body secured on the metal main body has, at its said end, at least one of at least one protuberance and at least one recess, and an annular shoulder surface facing away from said first implant end and forming an angle with said axis, at least an annular area of said shoulder surface encompasses said axis and said at least one of at least one protuberance and of at least one recess and is continuously smooth all around the axis; and a body attachable to the implant at said second implant end and having an annular bearing surface which lies on said annular area of the shoulder surface when said body is attached to the implant.