Allan Schaffran,Andy Doug-Lun Wong,Robert G. Dickie
申请号：
US12886682
公开号：
US08282395B2
申请日:
2010.09.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
An abutment clip for use in a dental implant system for orienting an abutment relative to features on a patients teeth and jawbone so that a prosthesis, which is attachable to the abutment, will be correctly oriented. The abutment clip comprises a housing that includes a chamber sized to receive the abutment therein. The housing has at least one position indicator provided at one end thereof. The dentist engages the abutment clip over the abutment when it is still attached to a manufacturers plaster model. He notes the position of the indicator on the housing in reference to features on the model and then detaches the abutment clip, abutment and abutment screw as a unit from the model. The combined abutment clip, abutment and screw are then positioned on an implant post in the patients jaw bone and the position indicator is used to verify the orientation of the abutment before it is secured to the implant post.
