Patent ID: 8226411

Claim:
A method for affixing an element to a surface of dentine, tooth enamel, bone tissue, or a corresponding substitute material, the method comprising the steps of: a preparatory step in which a surface of dentine, tooth enamel, bone tissue, or a corresponding substitute material is pre-treated, a positioning step following the preparatory step in which surfaces of an element are brought into contact with the pre-treated surfaces, and a fixing step in which the element is affixed in situ to the pre-treated surface, wherein the element surfaces brought into contact with the pre-treated surface comprise at least in parts a first thermoplastic material, wherein, in the preparatory step, solid bodies comprising a second thermoplastic material are attached to said surfaces, wherein, in the preparatory step, a pre-treatment preparation comprising the solid bodies and at least one curable component is applied to said surfaces in a liquid or paste-like condition and wherein the pre-treatment preparation is then at least partly cured, wherein the first and the second thermoplastic material are capable of being welded together, and wherein, in the fixing step, the solid bodies attached to said surfaces are connected with the element surfaces by welding.