Endosteal jaw implant

• Main Author: MUENCH,MANFRED,DR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 07.05.1987
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; DENTISTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

An endosteal jaw implant (1) for fixing dentures possesses a blade-shaped body (3) which is to be inserted in the jaw bone and from which at least one post (2) projects for the tooth to be pushed on. On each of its two blade sides (11, 12) opposing each other, the leaf-shaped body (3) has a set of continuous depressions (13, 14) extending at right angles to the insertion direction (6). The depressions (13) on one blade side (11) are offset by half a depression spacing (a) relative to the depressions (14) on the other blade side (12). Viewed in the insertion direction (6), the depressions (13, 14) have essentially the same width as the material regions which extend between two depressions in each case and form ribs (15, 16). The outer surface (17, 18) of the ribs (15, 16) and the bottom surface (19, 20) of the depressions (13, 14) are essentially plane. At the same time, the outer surfaces (17, 18) of the ribs on each blade side (11 and 12, respectively) are arranged in a common outer plane and the bottom surfaces (19 and 20) of the depressions are arranged in a bottom plane parallel thereto. The pair of planes of one blade side is located at an acute angle relative to the pair of planes of the other blade side. Stepped surfaces (21) standing transversely relative to the particular outer plane and bottom plane are present between the ribs and the depressions.