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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Implant and Tissue Engineering Dental Network-tokyo, Limited Co., Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an implant body formed from metal or ceramics as a raw material, the implant body including a modified surface, provided with a plurality of projections and a plurality of crevasse-like nanoscale grooves, by which focal adhesion formation, penetration of collagen fibers, arrangement of the collagen fibers in a single direction to thereby adhere to connective tissue, and soft tissue sealablity are possible. According to such a surface modification, focal adhesion formation and the arrangement of the cell cytoskeleton can be enhanced, and penetration of collagen fibers into the surface internal portion is possible.