Surgical bur with a single cutting flute

A bur for performing a medical/surgical procedure, said bur including:

• an elongated shaft having opposed proximal and distal ends, a longitudinal axis that extends proximally to distally through the shaft, and geometric features adjacent the proximal end of the shaft that facilitate the coupling of the shaft to a surgical handpiece so that the handpiece can rotate the shaft;
• and
• a head attached to the distal end of the shaft, said head is shaped to define a single cutting flute, said flute having a rake surface with opposed longitudinal sides wherein one side is defined by a cutting edge and the opposed side by a recess edge that extends proximally from the tip and is further shaped so that, in at least one plane perpendicular an extension of the shaft longitudinal axis, the cutting edge is located a first distance from the extension of the shaft longitudinal axis and the recess edge is located a second distance from the extension of the shaft longitudinal axis, the second distance being less than the first distance;
• wherein said head is further formed so as to have a clearance surface that is opposite the rake surface and a majority of the clearance surface is parallel with the rake surface.