Dentistry – Prosthodontics – Holding or positioning denture in mouth
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-22
2008-03-11
Bumgarner, Melba (Department: 3732)
Dentistry
Prosthodontics
Holding or positioning denture in mouth
Reexamination Certificate
active
07341453
ABSTRACT:
A dental implant (105,137,156) has an elongated body (100) having first and second end portions (101,103) and having a root on one end portion (104,115,116) for attaching to a patient's jawbone to replace the root of a removed tooth. The root portion (104,115,116) has an anatomically shaped portion between the end portions of the body for fitting into a jawbone opening below the gum tissue of a patient when the root (104,115,116) is attached to a jawbone. An artificial tooth abutment (103,112&113) is formed on the other end of the elongated body for attaching an artificial tooth thereon of the abutment extending above the gum line of a patient. A method of attaching a dental implant (105,137,156) includes the steps of extracting a patient's tooth and selecting the dental implant (105,137,156) of the apparatus and attaching the dental implant root (104,115,116) with the jawbone of a patient with the abutment (103,112,113) extending above the gum tissue of the patient and attaching the artificial tooth to the abutment.
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Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
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