Finite element analyses of the study implant and standard screw-type implants showing von Mises stresses. In both pairs of schematics, the study implant is on the left and the standard screw implant is on the right. (A) Depicts on-axis compressive loading of 50 pounds of force (average occlusal load) with equal parameters in both models. Note the reduction in crestal stress, depicted by the smaller red band (maximum von Mises stress) around the study implant at the crest of the ridge versus the standard design. (B) Depicts these same implants under off-axis transverse cantilever loading of 4.535 inch-pounds. Again, the study implant shows a decrease in the crestal stress (red) band and the dispersion of these stresses toward the center of the implant