US 12,004,920 B2
Asymmetric zygomatic dental implant with partial micro thread/groove
Carlos Aparicio, Irene (ZA); Graham Alan Blackbeard, Irene (ZA); and Richard Graham Pauck, Irene (ZA)
Assigned to Southern Implants (PTY) Ltd, Irene (ZA)
Filed by Southern Implants (PTY) Ltd., Irene (ZA)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,796.
Application 17/693,796 is a continuation of application No. 16/279,632, filed on Feb. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,278,379.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/633,481, filed on Feb. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202541 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 8/0034 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0022 (2013.01); A61C 8/0025 (2013.01); A61C 8/0037 (2013.01); A61C 8/0056 (2013.01); A61C 8/0074 (2013.01); A61C 8/0089 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A zygomatic dental implant comprising:
a generally cylindrical body having a coronal portion and an apical portion, the apical portion for anchoring the zygomatic dental implant in zygoma bone of a patient, the generally cylindrical body having a main-central axis, and the coronal portion including a generally flat feature;
an interior threaded bore formed in the coronal portion of the generally cylindrical body for receiving a screw configured to removably hold an abutment in engagement with the zygomatic dental implant, the interior threaded bore having a bore-central axis that is nonparallel to the main-central axis; and
an asymmetrical external feature on at least a portion of a first side of the generally cylindrical body such that the asymmetrical external feature is configured to directly engage alveolar bone of the patient, the asymmetrical external feature including a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves.