US 11,786,343 B2
Dental implants with stepped threads and systems and methods for making the same
Graham Alan Blackbeard, Irene (ZA)
Assigned to Southern Implants (PTY) Ltd, Irene (ZA)
Filed by Southern Implants (PTY) Ltd, Centurion (CA)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,944.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,005, filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008170 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 8/0024 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0093 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental implant, comprising:
a body having a central axis, a coronal end, and an apical end; and
a thread coupled to the body, the thread having 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 being generally at an angle relative to the central axis of the body, the coronal facing surface of the thread having a plurality of steps formed therein, wherein each of the plurality of steps has a tread and a riser, and wherein the tread and the riser define a generally L-shaped cross-section, a generally V-shaped cross-section, a generally U-shaped cross-section, a generally C-shaped cross-section, or any combination thereof, and wherein the tread generally extends in a first direction that is generally parallel to the central axis of the body and the riser extends in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the central axis of the body.