Patent ID: 8628325
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental implant system for placement within a jaw of a patient, the implant comprising; a dental implant having an envelope including an outer surface and an inner surface defining a barrel, the envelope having a coronal end and an opposing bottom end; the coronal end of the envelope including a female threaded portion; an expansion tool threadably received in the female threaded portion, the expansion tool having a proximal end and a distal end; at least one barrier located in the barrel at a predetermined location, the barrel having a first region on one side of the barrier and a second region on an opposing side of the barrier; an expander being positioned within the barrel; the distal end of the expansion tool contacting a first side of the expander and moving the expander from the first region to the second region; the expansion tool being removable from the female threaded region; a tooth prosthesis threadably secured to the female threaded region; the envelope including a radially expandable portion being radially expandable from a contracted configuration to an expanded configuration upon movement of the expander from each first region toward the corresponding second region, the radially expandable portion expanding a predetermined distance as the expander is moved from the first region to the second region.