Method of installing a prosthesis in a jawbone of a patient

A method of installing a prosthesis in a patient's jawbone comprising the steps of:

• installing an implant post in the patient's jawbone;
• creating a plaster model of the patient's jawbone;
• engaging an abutment over a replica of an implant post located on the plaster model;
• sliding an abutment clip over the abutment that is secured by a screw to the replica of the implant post;
• locating a reference point on a feature of the plaster model that corresponds to a feature on the patient's jawbone;
• noting the position of a position indicator on the abutment clip with respect to the feature on the plaster model;
• inserting a tip of a screwdriver through an aperture in an end wall of the abutment clip to engage the screw;
• rotating the screw so as to disengage the abutment from the replica of the implant post;
• detaching the engaged abutment clip, screw and abutment from the plaster model;
• positioning the engaged abutment clip, screw and abutment over a head of the implant post previously installed in the patient's jawbone;
• locating the feature on the patient's jawbone that corresponds to the feature on the plaster model;
• aligning the position indicator on the abutment clip in the previously noted position relative to the feature on the patient's jawbone;
• rotating the screw with the screwdriver in the opposite direction so as to threadably engage the same with an internally threaded bore of the implant post in the patient's jawbone;
• removing the abutment clip from over the abutment;
• and
• attaching the prosthesis to the abutment.

A method of installing a prosthesis in a patient's jawbone;

• where the method includes the steps:
• locating a reference point on a feature of a one of the patient's jawbone and teeth;
• placing an abutment clip over an implant post previously installed in the patient's jawbone;
• and
• aligning a position indicator on the abutment clip with the located reference point, wherein the position indicator forms a part of the abutment clip;
• positioning an abutment on a replica of the previously installed implant post that forms part of a plaster model;
• locating a reference point on a feature of a plaster model of the patient's jawbone and teeth that corresponds with the located reference point on the corresponding feature on the one of the patient's jawbone and teeth;
• and
• placing the abutment clip over the abutment.