Patent ID: 8926324
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A system for reconditioning, in situ, a dental implant defining an implant axis and comprising a first implant portion, a second implant portion, and an implant outer surface, where the first implant portion is located farther from the implant axis than the second implant portion, and where a texture layer is formed on at least a textured portion of the implant outer surface, comprising: a buffer member defining a buffer axis and a plurality of fingers, where the buffer member is operable in a drive member adapted to engage the buffer member such that rotation of the drive member is transferred to the buffer member; abrasive material capable of abrading the implant to remove at least a portion of the implant; and a sleeve member, where the sleeve member moves between first and second positions relative to the buffer member; whereby the buffer member is in the open configuration when the sleeve member is in the first position; the sleeve member holds the buffer member in the closed configuration when the sleeve member is in the second position; and rotation of the drive member with the drive member engaged with the buffer member and the buffer member in the closed configuration causes rotation of the buffer member such that the plurality of fingers of the buffer member cause the abrasive material to remove at least a portion of the texture layer on the textured portion of implant outer surface of the second implant portion.