Patent ID: 7281925

Claim:
A dental implant, comprising a body portion that includes a thread, the thread having a first extent in a longitudinal direction of the dental implant and comprising a thread flank having an upper side between an outer periphery and an upper, inner periphery of the thread flank, and a lower side between a lower, inner periphery and the outer periphery of the thread flank, wherein, along at least a portion of the first extent of the thread, the thread flank includes at least one helical groove that has a lowest point with respect to an outer surface of the thread flank, the lowest point of the at least one helical groove being disposed on the thread flank between the upper, inner periphery and the lower, inner periphery of the thread flank, wherein the at least one groove is on the lower side of the thread flank between the lower, inner, periphery and the outer periphery.