US Patent Issued on May 27 for "Dental implant and self-locking fastening element with heterogeneousporous structures, and method for its production" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,815, issued on May 27.

"Dental implant and self-locking fastening element with heterogeneousporous structures, and method for its production" was invented by Abdelmadjid Djemai (Deuil la Barre, France) and Jean-Jacques Fouchet (Lombreuil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental implant assembly comprising an elongated inner body substantially resembling a tooth root (1-1) and an outer member for securing to a bone of a patient (1-2) having a heterogeneous porous structure adapted to provide bone growth, the inner body and the outer fixation member being formed in one piece, the fastening element being movable between a stored ...