A self-tapping implant for jawbone comprises a body (15) with threads
arranged
thereon, a conically tapering portion (12) arranged at its front end, and
one or more spaces (4, 5, 6) which accommodate bone material cut off during
tapping and which are formed by removal of material from the threads and body in
question. Each materially reduced thread has a cutting edge (1a,
2a, 3a) which extends inwards from the outer edge of the
respective remaining thread part and which can cooperate with the bone during tapping.
Each cutting edge of a number of cutting edges has a pointed shape (1b,
2b, 3b) which, in the cross section of the thread in question,
essentially follows a line which deviates from a radius (r) through the remaining
thread part's front portion or the pointed shape's point (1b,
2b, 3b) in order in this way to form a cutting angle.
Each cutting edge (1a, 2a, 3a) on a first
remaining thread part (1, 2, 3) merges via a radius (r) or curved
part into a rear edge (e.g. 2d) on a second remaining thread part,
which is arranged before the first thread part in the direction of screwing (7),
for the purpose of providing optimum remaining material in the body and remaining
thread parts and, consequently, optimum strength of the implant part in question.
