Abstract: An implant for an individual tooth including a metal implant post having a fastening head for receiving the removable denture, the implant post being mounted in a metal spacing element which is threaded in a basic structure that is implantable in the tooth. To hold the spacing element in a fixed, non-twisting and rotatable position, the element is composed of a base portion having a first threaded portion which is received in the basic structure and a second threaded portion of a pitch less than the first portion, which receives a ring element that is threaded thereon and has a shoulder for engaging an upper edge of the basic structure to form a locking arrangement.