Patent ID: 8932059
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental implant comprising a unitary body having an exterior surface and a given length extending from an open top to a bottom tip end, said body being tapered from its open top where it is widest, to its bottom tip end, the body further comprising: smooth, cylindrical external sidewalls comprising a ring tapered from and surrounding the open top of the body; an internal cavity extending from the open top for the majority of the length of the body, the cavity having an upper end with smooth inner conical sidewalls which taper into a lower section of the cavity, the cavity comprising internal threads extending from the inner sidewalls down into the cavity; first helical, wide pitch threads having sharp, blade edges, said threads being located along the exterior surface of the body and extending the length of the body from the open top to the bottom tip end; second helical, micro-threads having sharp, blade edges, said threads being located along and extending out from the exterior surface of the body, only one of the second threads being located between two contiguous first threads; and a channel encircling the exterior surface of the body no more than one time and running in a single oblique path directly from a location below the open top to a location above the bottom tip end, said channel extending through all of the first and second threads and comprising a sharp, bone cutting edge blade.