Patent ID: 8651863

Claim:
A dental implant system comprising a dental implant device for anchoring in bone, said dental implant device defining a stem having a connective tissue band circumscribing said stem wherein said connective tissue band comprises: (a) a plurality of neighboring individual rings, wherein each individual ring is defined as a closed loop having no distinguishable beginning or end and wherein each individual ring defines an outer diameter; and (b) a plurality of grooves, wherein each groove is formed between two of said neighboring individual rings and wherein each groove defines an inner diameter, and wherein the connective tissue band defines a connective tissue groove depth equal to the difference between the outer diameter and the inner diameter, and wherein said connective tissue groove depth measures from greater than 25 μm to 400 μm, wherein said rings are contoured to match a jaw bone and said rings define a ring width and said ring width ranges from greater than 25 μM to 600 μm.