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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
May. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Alan R. Balfour, Petaluma, CA (US);
Bradly S. Mcallister, Tigard, OR (US);
Joseph Edward Carchidi, West Bridgewater, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alan R. Balfour, Petaluma, CA (US);
Bradly S. McAllister, Tigard, OR (US);
Joseph Edward Carchidi, West Bridgewater, MA (US);
Assignee:
ACE Surgical Supply Co, Inc., Brockton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endosseous dental implant system has an externally threaded root-formed base 2 with self-tapping flutes 5 formed into apical threads of the root-formed base for easy insertion and immediate locking in an osteotomy. The coronal portion of the base has either a male or a female self-locking tapered friction held post that includes an apical anti-rotational polygon 7, 23 to lock a prosthetic attachment to the base once attached.