Dental component, a dental fixture and a dental implant

摘要

The present invention employs a dental component that includes at least one first indexing element and at least one second indexing element having an apical end located apically of the apical end of said first indexing element, wherein the second indexing element is designed to present a play with mating features of a dental fixture.

主权项

1. A dental implant, comprising
a dental component comprising
a fixture engagement portion provided with
at least one first indexing element having an apical end, anda plurality of neighboring second indexing elements having an apical end, a dental fixture adapted to be inserted into a jawbone and comprisinga component engagement portion adapted to mate with said fixture engagement portion, the component engagement portion being provided withat least one third indexing element having a coronal end, anda plurality of neighboring fourth indexing element having a coronal end, wherein the apical end of each of the plurality of neighboring second indexing elements is located apically of the apical end of the first indexing element and wherein the coronal end of each of the fourth indexing elements is located coronally of the coronal end of the third indexing element, and wherein the first indexing element is only enabled to mate with the third indexing element after the plurality of neighboring second indexing elements have mated with the plurality of neighboring fourth indexing elements, and wherein any play between the first indexing element and the mating third indexing element is smaller than a play between the plurality of neighboring second indexing elements and the plurality of neighboring fourth indexing elements, whereby a tighter fit is provided between the first and third indexing elements compared to the fit between the plurality of neighboring second and plurality of neighboring fourth indexing elements.