Anchor for securing a tooth replacement
AssigneeCendres & Metaux SA
InventorsAdrian Auderset, Markus Bluemli, Mathias Strazza, Daniel Blaser, Gary Cooper, Elmar Mock, André Klopfenstein
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Abstract
An anchor for securing a tooth replacement includes an anchoring part secured to an implant or jaw, having a recess, and a pivoting part to which the tooth replacement can be secured and which contains a pin. The pivoting part is pivotable with respect to the anchoring part when the pin is received in the recess. The anchor is configured to permit application of a hardenable substance in the recess of the anchoring part so as to fix the pivoting part in a defined position of pivoting.
Claims13
An anchor for securing a tooth replacement, comprising:
- an anchoring part configured to be secured to an implant or jaw and that includes a recess having a curved outer surface, the recess being configured to receive a hardenable substance;
- a pivoting part, that includes a pivoting head in a fixed relation to a pin, the pivoting part having a curved underside surface and being configured to secure to the tooth replacement and to be pivotable relative to the anchoring part when the pin is received in the recess, wherein the pivoting part is fastenable in a pivoting position;
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- wherein the anchoring part has a first longitudinal axis and a first maximum width seen transversally to said first longitudinal axis and the pivoting part has a second longitudinal axis and a second maximum width seen transversally to said second longitudinal axis, the first maximum width being greater than the second maximum width,
- wherein the curved outer surface of the recess and the curved underside surface of the pivoting head contact each other when the pin is received in the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.