Dental implant fixture

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Dental implant fixture
United States Patent Application 20040185418
Kind Code A1
Publication Date: September 23, 2004
Inventors: Schulter, Carl W.; (Memphis, TN) ; Qi, Gary; (Memphis, TN) ; Schulter, Andrew J.; (Germantown, TN)
Correspondence Name and Address: S. Michael Patton
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC
P.O. Box 171443
Memphis
TN
38187
US
Serial No.: 391079
Series Code: 10
Filed: March 18, 2003
Abstract
A dental implant includes an elongate fixture having outwardly flaring walls as one goes upward along the fixture, and an abutment coupled to the top of the fixture having inwardly tapering walls. The abutment is designed to support a prosthesis such as a crown. The upper surface of the fixture extends outward from the abutment to provide a narrow band or shelf on which a lower surface of the crown can rest.