Patent ID: 6997711
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental implant having a threaded profile comprising a) a body; b) a coronal end of the body; c) an apical end of the body; d) a region on the body between the apical end and the coronal end; and e) a helical thread extending along the region, the thread having an apical side and a coronal side, wherein the coronal side of the thread includes at least two distinct areas the three having a depth, the depth being the distance between the body region and the outer edge of the thread and the depth of the apical side being substantially constant over the larger portion of the thread from the apical end to the coronal end of the implant and there being at least two cutting edges in at least some of the threads, the cutting edges being for inter engagement with bone as the implant is threaded into the bone.