A DENTAL IMPLANT

摘要

A dental implant (2) comprising a body (4), an external screw thread (6) on an outside of the body (4) for screwing into a jaw of a person, a bore (8) in the body (4), a driver formation (10) in one end (12) of the bore (8) and for receiving a tool for screwing the dental implant (2) into the jaw, and an inner screw thread (14) in the bore (8) for initially receiving a healing screw whilst healing of the jaw and surrounding tissue takes place and then for receiving an implant abutment, and the dental implant (2) being such that the inner screw thread (14) extends at least through the driver formation (10).