Patent ID: 8684734

Claim:
A dental implant, comprising: a coronal body having a proximal end with a connection shaped as a polygon to receive a dental component, having a distal end surface with an elongated protrusion that extends outwardly therefrom, and being formed of solid metal; and an elongated cylindrical porous body formed as a porous metal structure that is uniform and that includes a proximal end that engages the distal end surface of the coronal body at an interface, wherein the distal end surface of the coronal body has a circular shape, the proximal end of the porous body has a circular shape, and the solid metal of the circular shape of the coronal body interfaces with the porous metal structure of the circular shape of the porous body at the interface, and wherein the elongated protrusion of the coronal body includes a polygonal shape that extends into an opening of the porous body such that the porous metal structure completely surrounds and engages an exterior surface of the elongated protrusion that extends into the porous body.