Patent ID: 7314374

Claim:
An apparatus for determining the alignment of an implant, or the opening cross-section of an artificial indentation located in a tooth or in the stroma of a human or animal body, relative to the tissue structures surrounding it, said apparatus comprising a post-shaped element, said post-shaped element capable of receiving a rod device, wherein the post-shaped element comprises a receiving recess and can be introduced into an adapted receiving recess in the implant, be fixed therein and removed therefrom again and when fixed to the implant protrudes with a cantilever section beyond an opening cross-section of the receiving recess of the implant, wherein the post-shaped element contains a through-hole extending in the direction of its longitudinal axis, through which the rod device can be guided, which rod device with a distal stop surface can be brought into contact with a stop surface on the base of the receiving recess of the implant, wherein the rod device is not tapered over a majority of its length, and wherein the post-shaped element comprises at least one clip element, which, with a radially outward protruding projection, can positively engage with at least one indentation on an inner surface area of the receiving recess of the implant, thereby removably fixing the post-shaped element to the implant.