Patent ID: 8241036

Claim:
A dental implant comprising: an integral base body of the dental implant having a bone contact surface, a soft tissue contact surface of the dental implant, and a transition area of the dental implant from the bone contact surface to the soft tissue contact surface, wherein the base body comprises an osseointegration-compatible metal or of an alloy of such a metal, wherein the soft tissue contact surface and at least a portion of the transition area adjacent the soft tissue contact surface comprises a ceramic coating applied by an anodic oxidation under spark discharge and contains at least one of a titanium oxide ceramic, zirconium oxide ceramic, and aluminum oxide ceramic, wherein the bone contact surface is not provided with the ceramic coating to preserve the osseointegration-compatible properties of the metal or metal alloy base body, and wherein a thickness of the ceramic coating in the transition area decreases towards the bone contact surface.