Patent ID: 6951461

Claim:
A dental implant anchor ( 10 ) for attaching an abutment with at least one replacement tooth to the jaw bone of a mammal, the anchor comprising: a lower portion ( 12 ) with an outer tapered surface ( 14 ) which has a thread ( 16 ) and is textured to improve bone integration to the anchor; an upper portion ( 18 ) with a cylindrical polished collar ( 21 ), the upper portion having an upper surface ( 20 ) adapted to be engaged by an abutment; the anchor having an abutment receiving bore ( 22 ) extending into the anchor and opening at the upper surface of the upper portion for receiving an abutment, and a threaded bore portion ( 54 ) extending into the anchor ( 10 ) below the abutment receiving bore ( 22 ) for receiving a screw; the upper portion ( 18 ) of the anchor including a cylindrical and non-threaded neck ( 19 ) between the polished collar ( 21 ) and the a lower portion ( 12 ), the neck having an outer surface that is textured to improve bone adhesion to the anchor, the outer tapered, threaded and textured surface of the lower portion ( 12 ) being axially longer than the axial length of the upper portion ( 18 ); and a platform ( 24 ) having a portion engaged in the abutment receiving bore ( 22 ), the platform having an upper, outer polished surface ( 27 ) that is contiguous with the cylindrical outer surface of the collar ( 21 ).