Dental implant, in particular for insertion into bone tissue of a patient, comprising: a core body having an apical end, a coronal end, and an outer surface extending along a longitudinal direction between said apical end and said coronal end; at least one thread extending outwardly from said core body, and a characteristic implant volume defined by said core body or by the thread outer volume as defined by said thread, in which for each value of a parameter characteristic for a coordinate in the implant's longitudinal direction the cross section of said characteristic implant volume is characterized by an eccentricity parameter defined as the ratio of the maximum distance of the contour of this cross section from its center to the minimum distance of the contour of this cross section from its center; wherein said characteristic volume comprises at least one coronal zone in which said eccentricity parameter has a constant maximum value, said coronal zone extending along the implant's longitudinal axis over a coronal zone length of at least 10% of the total length of the implant; at least one apical zone in which said eccentricity parameter has a constant minimum value, and at least one transition zone positioned between said coronal zone and said apical zone in which said eccentricity parameter, as a function of a parameter characteristic for a coordinate in said longitudinal direction, changes continuously, preferably in a linear manner, from a minimum value next to said apical zone to a maximum value next to said coronal zone, said transition zone extending along the implant's longitudinal axis over a transition zone length of at least 10% of the total length of the implant. a core body having an apical end, a coronal end, and an outer surface extending along a longitudinal direction between said apical end and said coronal end; at least one thread extending outwardly from said core body, and a characteristic implant volume defined by said core body or by the thread outer volume as defined by said thread, in which for each value of a parameter characteristic for a coordinate in the implant's longitudinal direction the cross section of said characteristic implant volume is characterized by an eccentricity parameter defined as the ratio of the maximum distance of the contour of this cross section from its center to the minimum distance of the contour of this cross section from its center; wherein said characteristic volume comprises at least one coronal zone in which said eccentricity parameter has a constant maximum value, said coronal zone extending along the implant's longitudinal axis over a coronal zone length of at least 10% of the total length of the implant; at least one apical zone in which said eccentricity parameter has a constant minimum value, and at least one transition zone positioned between said coronal zone and said apical zone in which said eccentricity parameter, as a function of a parameter characteristic for a coordinate in said longitudinal direction, changes continuously, preferably in a linear manner, from a minimum value next to said apical zone to a maximum value next to said coronal zone, said transition zone extending along the implant's longitudinal axis over a transition zone length of at least 10% of the total length of the implant.