Positioning device for fitting implant-supported dental prostheses

Positioning device for fitting implant-supported dental prostheses
United States Patent Application 20030186187
Kind Code A1
Germanier, Yves October 2, 2003
Inventors: Germanier, Yves; (Geneve, CH)
Correspondence Name and Address: STURM & FIX LLP
206 SIXTH AVENUE
SUITE 1213
DES MOINES
IA
50309-4076
US
Serial No.: 429505
Series Code: 10
Filed: May 5, 2003
Abstract
The invention concerns a positioning device for setting implanted bearing dental prostheses in the maxillary bone or for bone grafting on the maxillary bone, comprising positioning interim dentures (1) along two dimensions, a positioning member (4) along the third dimension, means (5) for fixing said positioning member (4) on said interim dentures (1) in a specific axial position, a linking member (6) provided with an axial nesting surface, matching a nesting surface of said positioning member (4) and with a surface designed to be fixed to a guide element (7, 7') or a prosthetic element.