Abstract: This invention comprises a post for supporting dental superstructures. There are a set of legs integral with the post. The legs are structured to fit into cavities formed in the bony structure and become osseointegrated with the bone. This dental prosthesis provides attachment structures for attaching a bridge or other superstructures, or to form a portion of the superstructures.

Abstract: A process for preparing and implanting endosteal implants, and the implant used for the process. A tooth is extracted leaving a socket wall behind, which remains suitably fresh for a sufficient period of time. Promptly after extraction, a model is made of at least the major portion of the tooth. A replica is made of titanium or of a material having the property of osseointegration. While the socket is still suitably fresh, the replica is inserted the socket in surface to surface contiguity with a substantial area of the socket wall so as to provide an osseointegrated implant.