Patent ID: 8920866

Claim:
A method for the production of a metallic dental implant, which entirely consists of metal oxide and/or metal, with a hydrophilic surface for at least partial insertion into hard tissue such as into a bone and/or into soft tissue, wherein the method comprises at least one step, in which at least one area of the dental implant, which is provided for partial insertion into hard tissue as into a bone and/or into soft tissue, is subjected, optionally after an antecedent mechanically and/or chemically abrasive surface modification, to a short-time treatment in an aqueous or organic solution of alkali- and/or alkaline-earth-hydroxides, or a mixture of these hydroxides, with a total concentration of alkali- and/or alkaline-earth-hydroxide in the range of 0.005M-0.5M, thereby generating a hydrophilic metal or metal oxide surface of the dental implant, wherein the treatment is carried out in said aqueous solution of alkali- and/or alkaline-earth-hydroxides, (1) at a temperature in the range of 10-30° C., (2) during a time span in the range of 1 sec-30 min, and (3) without any further treatment, wherein the generated hydrophilic metal or metal oxide surface of the dental implant is configured for direct contact with the hard tissue and/or soft tissue, and wherein no additional or subsequent coatings, in particular of apatite, are present.