Holding and packaging device for a tooth implant

A dental implant holding and packaging device with an elongate cylindrical receiving element having a longitudinal axis and which has a cylinder wall forming a receiving space therein and at least one clamp wall attached to the cylinder wall and arranged substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, wherein the clamp wall has an opening for receiving and holding a tooth implant, and the cylinder wall has a longitudinal opening, wherein

• the longitudinal opening permits access to the receiving space and extends over the entire length of the cylinder wall,
• at least two grip elements which are mounted opposite each other on the cylinder wall and extend outward are provided, and
• the cylinder wall is manufactured from an elastic material such that, by application of a force, the opening in the clamp wall can be widened in order to introduce or remove a tooth implant, wherein the opening in the clamp wall is spaced radially inward from the cylinder wall such that the tooth implant is suspended in said receiving space when held by the clamp wall so that that the tooth implant does not contact the cylinder wall.