Patent ID: 7699613

Claim:
A one-piece, screw receiving, externally-threaded endosseous dental implant comprises: a longitudinally extending, tapered or straight body with external threads; said body including, at its proximal end, an unthreaded cylindrical portion; proximal to said unthreaded cylindrical portion, an outwardly-extending, unthreaded region that includes a flat, peripheral shoulder at its proximal end, and proximal to said outwardly-extending unthreaded region, an unthreaded, unbroken frusto-conical portion of a size and shape to function alone as an abutment with an unthreaded, upwardly and inwardly continuously tapering, external surface, and a retentive groove, on the surface of said frusto-conical portion and above the base of the frusto-conical portion, for engaging a transfer component or a comfort cap, said body including an internal passage extending distally from an opening at the proximal end of said implant, said internal passage including wrench-engaging surfaces and a threaded region.