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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark G Fontenot, Lafayette, LA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433173 ; 433174 ;
Abstract
A dental prosthesis, comprising a substantially implant rod constituted of a biocompatible and mechanically suitable material with an anchor end for implanting in a portion of a jawbone and a head end adapted for mounting an artificial tooth or prosthetic device, the rod having a plurality of indentations on at least a portion of the anchor end of the rod, the indentations having concave surfaces with outer perimeters that are substantially circular and at least partially coated with HA, and wherein the anchor end of the rod further contains threaded ridges.