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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Nobel Biocare Services Ag, Kloten, CH;
Nobel Biocare Services AG, Kloten, CH;
Abstract
A medical implant and a method of implanting a medical implant are described. The medical implant can be elongate and for fixation in a patient, and can include an apical bone anchoring portion for bone apposition, and an unthreaded coronal portion. The coronal portion can have a length (L) exceeding or equaling a length (L) of the apical portion. The apical portion can have a maximum outer diameter (D) that is equal to or larger than a maximum outer diameter (D) of the coronal portion. In a method of implanting a medical implant, an apical part can be affixed in the zygomatic bone, and a coronal part can be positioned outside the maxilla in the mucous membrane.