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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Southern Implants (Pty) Ltd, Centurion, CA;
Inventor:
Graham Alan Blackbeard, Irene, ZA;
Assignee:
Southern Implants (PTY) Ltd, Irene, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0024 (2013.01); A61C 8/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dental implant includes a body and a thread. The body has a central axis, a coronal end, and an apical end. The thread is coupled to the body. The thread has a coronal facing surface, an apical facing surface, and a crest surface positioned between the coronal facing surface and the apical facing surface. The coronal facing surface of the thread has a plurality of steps formed therein.