Patent ID: 8197255

Claim:
A method of installing a dental implant into a patient's jawbone, the method comprising: drilling an hole in the patient's jawbone for insertion of the dental implant, the hole having a diameter that is narrower than an external diameter of the dental implant; inserting the dental implant into the hole in the patient's jawbone, the dental implant comprising: a body; a coronal region of the body, the coronal region having a frustoconical shape wherein a diameter of an apical end of the coronal region is larger than a diameter of a coronal end of the coronal region; an apical region of the body, the apical region having a core with a tapered region wherein a diameter of an apical end of the core is smaller than a diameter of a coronal end of the core; and a helical thread extending from the body along at least a portion of the apical region, until a top end of the coronal region is positioned adjacent a top surface of the patient's jawbone, wherein the coronal region of the dental implant allows elastic expansion of the patient's jawbone while inserting the larger diameter apical end of the coronal region inside the patient's jawbone and after insertion of a smaller diameter coronal end of the coronal region allows the bone to relapse to cover the coronal region.