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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Nobel Biocare Services Ag, Kloten, CH;

Inventors:

Jan Hall, Göteborg, SE;

Fredrik Kullberg, Lycke, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/02 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0006 (2013.01); A61C 8/008 (2013.01); A61C 8/0022 (2013.01); A61C 8/0025 (2013.01); A61C 8/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract

It is disclosed a dental implant () for promoting hone growth. The dental implant includes an elongated implant body having a coronal end portion () and an apical end portion (), at least one external thread () and a flute arrangement having a depth. The flute arrangement has at least two helical flutes () that spiral in the general direction of said at least one external thread (). The flutes () propagate with a greater lead than said at least one thread (). The flute arrangement is capable of scraping off and transferring bone debris in the coronal direction of the implant during insertion. It is also disclosed a method of using the dental implant and an implant system according to the present invention.


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