Patent ID: 6644969
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A combination comprising a dental implant, a healing cap for covering a top surface of the implant and a tool for inserting and removing the healing cap;the dental implant having a coronal opening; the healing cap comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being configured with one or more prongs adapted to be inserted into the coronal opening of the implant and to engage and secure the healing cap to the implant, the one or more prongs of the proximal end adapted such that a healing cap removal force is required to disengage the healing cap from the dental implant, the distal end of the healing cap including an indentation having a neck with a diameter smaller than a diameter of a lower portion of the indentation; the insertion tool comprising a first portion with one or more prongs adapted to be inserted into the indentation, the first portion being adapted such that a first removal force is required to remove the one or more prongs of the first portion from the indentation, the first removal force being less than the healing cap removal force.