SUPPORTING AND HOLDING DEVICE FOR REMOVABLE DENTAL PROSTHESES Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has implants and bar made as a whole from metal possessing thermomechanical memory properties. The bar is curved to match local area of jaw in shape. Protrusions on the free ends of the implants has at least three leaflets divergent in opposite sides at an angles of 0-180 deg. The leaflets are radially curved. Matched and unmatched leaflets are manufactured in equal and/or unequal length relative to each other. Vertical segments of the bar have oppositely matching grooves for receiving locking members. EFFECT: reliable fixation; stable functional stability. 2 dwg