A surgical dissection tool for cutting bone and other tissue includes acutting head having an outersurface having non-paired or an odd number of flutes formed therein. Eachflute includes a rake surfaceintersecting with the outer surface to form a cutting edge, and a reliefsurface opposite the rake surface.The relief surface and the rake surface form a first angle. Each flute alsoincludes a leading angledsurface extending from the relief surface to a distal end portion of thecutting head, the leading angledsurface and the rake surface forming a second angle substantially the same asthe first angle.
