Patent ID: 9610142
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61C

Claim:
1. An adjustable bite recording tool for dental implants, comprising: a hollow support post having opposing upper and lower ends and an annular groove defined therein adjacent the lower end; a screw having a head and an externally threaded shank, the screw being inserted through the hollow support post so that the threaded shank extends from the lower end of the hollow support post, the head being retained inside the hollow support post, the screw being adapted for releasably fastening the hollow support post to a patient's dental implant; an angularly adjustable ring rotatably seated within the annular groove; a support table; a support arm extending between the angularly adjustable ring and the support table, the support arm extending upward from the angularly adjustable ring and outward from the hollow support post at an oblique angle, the support table being substantially horizontally disposed; and a bite recording cap releasably mounted on the support table and on the upper end of the hollow support post, the bite recording cap having a top surface adapted for supporting a bite recording medium for forming a bite impression of a tooth positioned opposite the patient's dental implant.