Submergible screw-type dental implant and method of utilization

An implant portion of an oral implant designed for supporting an artificial tooth structure comprising:

• a generally cylindrical implant body having a plurality of circumferential projections extending over at least part of its exterior surface and being adapted to be installed in an opening in the bone of a patient by rotation thereof at least in part;
• and
• at least one channel formed such that it extends generally longitudinally through the projections of the body for directing bone chips towards a base portion of the opening in the bone, one edge of the projections at one side of said channel being substantially at a right angle to the circumferential direction of the implant body, said one edge being adapted (i) to promote self tapping of the projections in the bone during rotation of the body, (ii) to shave off pieces of bone during rotation of the implant body, and (iii) to direct the pieces of bone into the channel such that the channel may direct the pieces toward the base portion of the opening.