Patent ID: 7959440

Claim:
A self-tapping dental implant, comprising: a shaft including a coronal end, an apical end, self-tapping means at the apical end, and an outer surface having a first axial section and a second axial section, the first axial section being located coronally of the second axial section, wherein each of the first and second axial sections comprises a series of peaks being axially spaced apart by troughs, wherein the axial spacing between the adjacent peaks in the first axial section is different than the axial spacing between adjacent peaks in the second axial section, wherein substantially all of the troughs in the first axial section lie on an axial plane parallel to a main axis of the dental implant, wherein the self-tapping means extends coronally from the apical end into the first axial section, wherein a coronal end portion of the shaft includes the first axial section of the outer surface, and wherein an apical end portion of the shaft includes the second axial section of the outer surface.