Patent ID: 8202088

Claim:
A dental implant comprising: a two part stem having a separate distal stem portion and a separate proximal stem portion which in an interconnected condition at least indirectly adjoin each other at a connecting location and have mutually facing surfaces in the connecting location, the distal and proximal stem portions have mutually facing abutment surfaces which bear against each other in the interconnected condition and which limit the degree of approach of the two mutually facing surfaces of the stem portions so that the abutment surfaces define a minimum spacing of the two mutually facing surfaces of the stem portions; and a sealing body at least partially comprised of an elastic material and provided between the mutually facing surfaces of the distal and proximal stem portions at the connecting location, the sealing body having sealing surfaces which face towards the mutually facing surfaces and which in the interconnected condition of the distal and proximal stem portions bear sealingly against the mutually facing surfaces thereof, the sealing body bridges over the minimum spacing of the two mutually facing surfaces of the stem portions whereby the sealing body is maintained in a compressed condition by the two mutually facing surfaces so that, upon axial loading of the dental implant, the sealing body is not further compressed by the two part stem as axial forces acting on the dental implant are transmitted by way of the mutually facing abutment surfaces and, in the event of a lateral loading of the dental implant, the sealing body remains compressed by the two part stem by at least a minimum amount, wherein the sealing body is arranged in a radial free space between the mutually facing surfaces of the distal and proximal stem portions such that the extent of the sealing body in a radial direction is greater than the free space between the distal and the proximal stem portions in the completely interconnected condition thereof and the sealing body defines an outer surface of the dental implant.