Title:
【発明の名称】セルフタッピング式ねじ型歯科用インプラント
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH10508783
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A self-tapping dental implant (10) comprises a generally cylindrical body (12) with a threaded outer surface for securing the implant to the walls of a preformed hole in a jaw bone. The cylindrical body has a plurality of longitudinal recesses (22, 24, 26, 28) formed in the threaded surface at one end, and extends longitudinally through a plurality of turns of the thread to form a self-tapping cutting edge (32, 34, 36, 38) at each interruption of the thread by one of the recesses. Each thread segment extends between a pair of adjacent recesses and diminishes in radius between the leading and trailing ends of the thread end.
Inventors:
Beatty, Keith Dee
Goodman, Ralph Yee
Haleman, Thomas S
James W, James
Goodman, Ralph Yee
Haleman, Thomas S
James W, James
Application Number:
JP50669497A
Publication Date:
September 02, 1998
Filing Date:
July 01, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IMPLANT INNOVATIONS,INC.
International Classes:
A61C8/00; (IPC1-7): A61C8/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto (5 outside)