System for fixing a dental implant

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System for fixing a dental implant
Patent number: US2005069835
Publication date: 2005-03-31
Inventor: BOMPARD BRUNO (FR); BOMPARD ELISABETH (FR); HURE GUY (FR)
Applicant:
Classification:
- international: A61C3/02; A61F5/00
- european: A61C1/08F1; A61C8/00C2; A61C8/00T
Application number: US20040991463 20041119
Priority number(s): FR19990010375 19990806; US20020048941 20020206; US20040991463 20041119
Abstract of US2005069835

A drilling system includes a drilling jig which is used for a dental implant where the dental implant has a bore designed to received a clamp of the drilling jig. The bore enables the drilling jig to be guided for producing one or several lateral holes in the bone and for passing through one or several pins. The dental implant also includes a jig body accurately fixed on a positioning member integral with the dental implant, and an elongated part or socket which slides in the jig body to be urged in contact with the bone. A pin and pin holder cooperate with each other and the jig.