Patent ID: 6332777
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A device for forming a dental prosthesis, comprising:a support, andan element detachably connected to the support by fixing means,wherein the support has an anchoring part designed for anchoring in at least one of a bone and a master model, a head designed to protrude from the at least one of the bone and the master model, and a shoulder located between the head and the anchoring part,wherein the element has a wall which surrounds an interior space in a cross-section and has an annular supporting surface,wherein, when the device is assembled, the support surface lies on the shoulder and the element surrounds the head in said cross section,wherein at least one of the fixing means and the support has at least one elastically deformable section,wherein, when the device is assembled, the fixing means are at least one of jammed and latched with the support either externally on the support on a side of the shoulder facing away from the anchoring part or in an axial hole of the support, andwherein the at least one elastically deformable section is located in the interior space and separated from the wall by a space.