Patent ID: 6991463

Claim:
A one-piece dental implant adapted for endosteal and combined endosteal/subperiosteal osseointegration in a jaw, including: a force-transferring foot part for insertion into a jaw, the foot part including a frame in a closed geometric form having an interior open area and at least one bar connected with the frame and extending into the interior open area of the geometric form, said geometric form including at least a partial ring shape; said frame, said closed geometric form, said interior open area and said bar all being substantially on a single plane; a post adapted to project out of the jaw, said post connected with the foot part through the bar said cost being substantially orthogonal to said plane; and wherein a profile of the bar has a first height at a first transition region where said bar connects with the closed geometric form and a second height, which is greater than the first height, at a second transition region where said bar connects with the post, the height of the bar tapering from the second height to the first height.