US Patent 9125708 Medical implant and method of implantation

A medical implant and a method of implanting a medical implant are described. In some embodiments, the medical implant can include an apical bone anchoring portion for bone apposition, and an unthreaded coronal portion. The coronal portion can have a length (L2) exceeding or equaling a length (L1) of the apical portion. Further, in some embodiments, the apical portion has a maximum outer diameter (D1) that is equal to or larger than a maximum outer diameter (D2) of the coronal portion. In some embodiments of the method, an apical part of an implant is affixed in the zygomatic bone, and a coronal part is positioned outside the maxilla in the mucous membrane.