US Patent Issued to Southern Implants (PTY) on March 24 for "Dental implants with stepped threads and systems and methods for making the same" (South African Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,507, issued on March 24, was assigned to Southern Implants (PTY) Ltd (Irene, South Africa).

"Dental implants with stepped threads and systems and methods for making the same" was invented by Graham Alan Blackbeard (Irene, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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...