PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an artificial tooth which does not have to be detached during cremation, which can be easily attached to an oral cavity of a dead body by bending the whole body of the artificial tooth by a bereaved family, and which can be easily processed by a bereaved family.SOLUTION: The artificial tooth comprises: an artificial tooth floor comprising a palate side floor 4 formed into an almost arch shape reaching from an alveolar top to a palate, in an attached state to the alveolar top, and a lip side floor 5 formed into an almost salient arch shape along the lip side surface of the alveolar top, in which the palate side floor 4 and the lip side floor 5 are connected in the vicinity of the alveolar top, and form an almost U-shape in cross section and artificial teeth projecting from the vicinity of a bottom part on a symmetric axis of the artificial tooth floor in the U-shape cross section, to a lower part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】 火葬の際に取り外す必要が無く、遺族等によっても全体を撓ませることにより容易に遺体の口腔内に装着することができると共に、遺族等が容易に加工することができる義歯を提供する。【解決手段】 歯槽堤に装着された状態において、歯槽頂から口蓋に至る略アーチ形状に形成された口蓋側床4と、歯槽堤の唇側側面に沿った略凸弧面状に形成された唇側床5とを有し、口蓋側床4と唇側床5とが歯槽頂近傍において接続して断面視略U字形を形成して成る義歯床と、義歯床の断面視略U字形の対称軸上の底部近傍から下方に突出して設けられた人工歯とを備える。【選択図】 図5
