Pluggable implant

A method for plugging a hollow implant, comprising the steps of:

• providing an implant body which extends between a distal end and an apical end;
• providing a cavity extending from said distal end of said implant body towards said apical end of said implant body, wherein said cavity defined within said implant body comprises a distal cavity extending from said distal end of said implant body toward said apical end of said implant body, and an apical cavity extending from said apical end of said implant body toward said distal end of said implant body, and wherein a chamfered step is defined within a peripheral wall portion of said cavity located near said apical end of said implant body so as to be interposed between said distal cavity and said apical cavity so as to permit said distal cavity and said apical cavity to merge with each other, wherein the implant body comprises a peripheral envelope extending between the distal end and the apical end, the implant body is provided with one or more openings formed in the peripheral envelope adjacent the apical end that lead inwardly of the envelope through the implant body to merge with the cavity forming corresponding one or more ducts;
• providing a plug having a body portion, having a head pin section and a tail pin section, removably insertable into said distal end of said implant body and extending towards said apical end of said implant body, and including a chamfered peripheral wall portion interposed between said head pin section and said tail pin section for engaging said chamfered step defined within said peripheral wall portion of said cavity of said implant body;
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• fully inserting said plug into said implant body so that the plug is located entirely internally within said cavity of said implant body, so that said plug fully seals said cavity of said implant body, and so that said plug is disposed apically away from a bottom of the cavity forming a cavity therebetween.