IMPLANT THREAD DESIGN

摘要

A one-piece dental implant characterized by a threaded shaft having self-tapping cutting threads of variable thread pitch and optionally one or more flutes running longitudinally along at least a portion of the length of the dental implant and across a plurality of turns of the self- tapping cutting threads. The dental implant is useful to support both temporary and permanent prostheses as well as orthodontic appliances.