Dental implant and method of insertion

Abstract

A one-piece dental implant for endosteal and combined endosteal/subperiosteal osseointegration includes a force-transferring foot part for insertion into a jaw, the foot part including a frame in a closed geometric form having an interior open area and at least one bar connected with the frame and extending into the interior open area of the geometric form, said geometric form including at least a partial ring shape; a post that projects out of the jaw, said post connected with the foot part through the bar; and wherein a profile of the bar has a first height at a first transition region where it connects with the closed frame and a second height, which is greater than the first height, at a second transition region where it connects with the post, the height of the bar tapering from the second height to the first height. A method of inserting the disclosed one-piece dental implant for endosteal and combined endosteal/subperiosteal osseointegration into an alveolar bone with a vestibular side and a palatal side includes the steps of providing a one-piece dental implant having a force-transferring foot part for insertion into the alveolar bone and a post that projects out of the alveolar bone; inserting the dental implant into the vestibular side of the alveolar bone; securely engaging the dental implant in the palatal side of the alveolar bone, leaving a part of the dental implant protruding from the vestibular side of the alveolar bone; bending and adapting the protruding part of the dental implant to the vestibular side of the alveolar bone; and trimming extraneous parts of the dental implant.

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       29 . A method of inserting a one-piece dental implant for endosteal and combined endosteal/subperiosteal osseointegration into an alveolar bone with a vestibular side and a palatal side, including the steps of: 
 providing a one-piece dental implant having a force-transferring foot part for insertion into the alveolar bone and a post that projects out of the alveolar bone;    inserting the dental implant into the vestibular side of the alveolar bone;    securely engaging the dental implant in the palatal side of the alveolar bone, leaving a part of the dental implant protruding from the vestibular side of the alveolar bone;    bending and adapting the protruding part of the dental implant to the vestibular side of the alveolar bone; and    trimming extraneous parts of the dental implant.    
   
   
       30 . A method of inserting a one-piece dental implant according to  claim 29 , wherein a part of the dental implant also protrudes from the palatal side of the alveolar bone and further including the step of bending and adapting the protruding part dental implant to the palatal side of the alveolar bone.  
   
   
       31 . A method of inserting a one-piece dental implant according to  claim 29 , wherein the step of inserting the dental implant includes inserting the dental implant through the sinus cavity.  
   
   
       32 . A method of inserting a one-piece dental implant according to  claim 29 , wherein the step of inserting the dental implant includes inserting the dental implant with the foot part of the implant below the canal of the nervus mentalis with the post at the side of the nerve canal.  
   
   
       33 . A method of inserting a one-piece dental implant for endosteal and combined endosteal/subperiosteal osseointegration into an alveolar bone, including the steps of: 
 providing a one-piece dental implant having a force-transferring foot part for insertion into the alveolar bone and a post that projects out of the alveolar bone;    milling an implant bed into the alveolar bone by making a straight cut into one side of the alveolar bone then making a diverging cut further into the alveolar bone at an angle from the straight cut;    inserting a first end of the dental implant into the alveolar bone through the straight cut and into the diverging cut; and    inserting a second end of the dental implant into the alveolar bone by rotating the dental implant and placing said second end of the dental implant into the diverging cut.    
   
   
       34 . A method as set forth in  claim 33 , wherein the step of milling an implant bed includes milling first and second diverging cuts in the alveolar bond at angles from the straight cut and extending away from one another; and the step of inserting the second end of the dental implant includes rotating the dental implant and placing said second end of the dental implant into the second diverging cut.  
   
   
       35 . A method of preventing communication between an oral cavity and the maxiilary sinus of a dental implant patient, the method comprising: 
 centrifuging venous blood from the patient;    isolating a fibrin portion of the blood; and    placing a fibrin clot into the sinus around transsinusally placed implants.