Patent ID: 8758012

Claim:
A dental implant for supporting a dental prosthesis, the implant comprising: a body comprising an outer surface, an apical end, a coronal end, a threaded portion and a longitudinal axis, the coronal end of the body comprising a collar, the threaded portion comprising a coronal portion configured to engage cortical bone and an apical portion configured to engage cancellous bone, the threaded portion further comprising at least one thread extending from a root surface that forms a longitudinal side of the body, the at least one thread comprising a coronal flank, an apical flank, and a thread face that defines a length extending between the coronal flank and apical flank, wherein the length of the thread face is larger in the apical portion than the coronal portion and the thread has a thread depth d 3 in the coronal portion of the thread that is less than a thread depth d 4 in the apical portion and the coronal flank and the apical flank in the coronal portion form an angle that is greater than an angle formed by the coronal flank and the apical flank in the apical portion and wherein the thread face of at least a portion of the at least one thread is substantially flat.