Dental implant with hardened calcium phosphate cement inside

摘要

A dental implant to be installed in a predrilled bore formed in jawbone tissue for retaining a dental prosthesis, which includes a substantially cylindrical hollow base member having a wall defining a space in the hollow base member, and a plurality of through-thickness holes communicating said space with an outer surface of said wall; hardened calcium phosphate cement filled in the through-thickness holes and in at least a portion of the space; and a receiving member integrally formed at one end of the hollow base member for receiving a dental prosthesis.