Patent ID: 8016593

Claim:
A dental implant, comprising a body portion having a thread disposed thereon configured to be exposed to a jawbone, the thread having a first extent in a longitudinal direction of the dental implant and comprising thread flanks having inner and outer peripheries, wherein, along at least a portion of the first extent of the thread, the thread flanks include recesses that are in the outer peripheries of the thread flanks, the recesses oriented to form at least one vertical groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the implant, wherein the body portion also includes recesses, the recesses of the body portion oriented to form at least one vertical groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the implant and wherein the at least one vertical groove on the outer peripheries of the thread flanks has a width that is in the range of 50-300 μm and a depth that is in the range of 50-100 μm.