Patent ID: 8333590

Claim:
A self-tapping dental implant, comprising: a shaft including a coronal end, an apical end, an outer surface having a first axial section and a second axial section, and self-tapping means at the first axial section, wherein the first axial section is located coronally of the second axial section, wherein each of the first and second axial sections comprises a series of peaks being axially spaced apart by troughs, wherein the axial spacing between the adjacent peaks in the first axial section is smaller than the axial spacing between adjacent peaks in the second axial section, wherein a coronal end portion of the shaft includes the first axial section of the outer surface, wherein an apical end portion of the shaft includes the second axial section of the outer surface, and wherein the peaks of the first axial section have a first maximum width in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft, and the peaks of the second axial section have a second maximum width in the direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft the second maximum width being greater than the first maximum width.