Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter Gmbh Co. Kg

André Schöne

Marc Stephan

A process for the preparation of ceramic dental implants having a surface for improving osseointegration, wherein the following process steps are performed for preparing such surface: &#x2014;preparation of a ceramic blank having a surface; &#x2014;treating at least one partial area of the surface of the ceramic blank by an ablating process that produces a surface roughness of the surface that corresponds to a treatment by sand blasting under a blasting pressure of from 1.5 bar to 8 bar and with a grain size of the blasting media used for sand blasting of from 30 &#x3bc;m to 250 &#x3bc;m; &#x2014;followed by a chemical treatment of said at least one partial area of the surface of the ceramic blank treated with the ablating process; &#x2014;followed by a thermal treatment of the blank whose surface has been subjected to said ablating and chemical treatments at temperatures of &#x3e;125&#xb0; C. &#x3e; A ceramic body obtainable by the process according to the invention is also described.

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André Schöne