A dental implant system and method for inserting a threaded implant in both edentulous and partially edentulous space of a patients jaw bone in the form of a threaded implant having at least one hole adapted along its longitudinal axis for insertion of an abutment post and a drilling gauge having leg portions adapted for use with the implant. Any one of the leg portions includes a hole equally aligned with thee hole of the threaded implant when placed proximate the gauge. The implant is inserted into the hole drilled in the jaw bone. The hole of the drilling guage marks the location where a hole will be drilled vertically into the jaw bone through which an abutment post would be inserted and screwed into the hole of the implant, for subsequent placement of a prosthetic tooth.
