Park Avenue Peiodontal Associates, P.c.

Park Avenue Periodontal Associates, P.c.

Alan S Pollack

Ronald B Odrich

A dental implant anchor for attaching an abutment with at least one replacement tooth to the jaw bone of a mammal has a lower portion with an outer tapered surface which has a thread and is textured to improve bone integration to the anchor. The anchor also has an upper portion with a polished collar, the upper portion having an upper surface adapted to be engaged by the abutment. The anchor has an abutment receiving bore extending into the anchor and opening at the upper surface of the upper portion for receiving an abutment, and a threaded bore portion extending into the anchor, below the abutment receiving bore for receiving a screw.

Universal implant

A universal dental implant arrangement includes both internal attachment and external attachment possibilities. This is achieved by utilizing an anchor having an internal void or abutment receiving bore, adapted for internal attachment-type abutments, along with a platform that can be used for various purposes. The universality of the implant is in providing the alternative of leaving the platform in place, causing the implant to function as an external attachment implant, or removing the platform and thereby converting the implant into an internal attachment implant. The platform can support an external attachment abutment or be remove so that the implant can accommodate an internal attachment abutment.

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Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, United States of America

Alan S Pollack