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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Christopher W. Ford, Holly, MI (US);
Boney A. Mathew, Clarkston, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher W. Ford, Holly, MI (US);
Boney A. Mathew, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dental implant assembly () including an anchor () and a support ring () disposed about the anchor () and with a ring top end () engaging the bottom of the tooth-replicating device () to receive an impact force and to transfer the impact force to the bone () of a human. The anchor () is made of a first material being fracturable in response to a predetermined force and the support ring () is made of a second material being fracturable only in response to a force greater than the predetermined force for avoiding fracture of the anchor ().