Selective surface, externally-threaded endosseous dental implant
First Claim
1. An endosseous dental implant having a generally cylindrical shape and including, at its distal end, self-tapping threads, and at its proximal end, wrench-engaging surfaces for engaging a tool to place said implant in a generally-cylindrical passage formed in the jawbone of a person to receive said implant, said distal end and said proximal end having a roughness of up to about 20 microns measured by the average difference between the peaks and valleys of the surface texturing, and, between said distal and proximal ends, a relatively rough, middle region having a roughness of at least about 25 microns, measured by the average difference between the peaks and valleys of the surface texturing.
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Abstract
Endosseous dental implants having generally cylindrical-shaped bodies and self-tapping threads at the distal end and, in some case, external threads over a substantial portion of their external surface, include internal or external wrench-engaging surfaces at the proximal end portion and, between the relatively smooth distal and proximal end portions, an external middle region having greater surface roughness than the proximal or distal ends, or a coating, to promote attachment of the implant to bone tissue when the implant is placed in a generally-cylindrical passage formed in bone tissue to receive the implant.
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- 1. An endosseous dental implant having a generally cylindrical shape and including, at its distal end, self-tapping threads, and at its proximal end, wrench-engaging surfaces for engaging a tool to place said implant in a generally-cylindrical passage formed in the jawbone of a person to receive said implant, said distal end and said proximal end having a roughness of up to about 20 microns measured by the average difference between the peaks and valleys of the surface texturing, and, between said distal and proximal ends, a relatively rough, middle region having a roughness of at least about 25 microns, measured by the average difference between the peaks and valleys of the surface texturing.
- 9. An endosseous dental implant having a generally cylindrical shape including, at its distal end, self-tapping threads, and at its proximal end, wrench-engaging surfaces adapted to engage a tool to place said implant in a generally-cylindrical passage formed in the jawbone of a person to receive said implant, and, between said distal end and said proximal end, a relatively rough, externally-threaded middle region having a roughness at least about 25 percent greater than the roughness of said distal end and said proximal end, said roughness being measured by the average difference between the peaks and valleys of the surface texturing.
- 17. An endosseous dental implant having a generally cylindrical shape and including, at its distal end, self-tapping threads, and at its proximal end, wrench-engaging surfaces for engaging a tool to place said implant in a generally-cylindrical passage formed in the jawbone of a person to receive said implant, said distal end and said proximal end being uncoated, and, between said distal and said proximal ends, a coated middle region.
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