Patent ID: 8579628

Claim:
A dental implant apparatus comprising an instrument for preparing or executing insertion of a dental implant, a template configured to be placed on a bone or tissue surrounding the bone, said template or a first sleeve arranged in said template having a through-recess configured for passage therethrough of at least part of said instrument, an axially displaceable second sleeve that in a basic position is axially fixed on the instrument with pre-specified retention force by means of automatically releasable connecting elements, at least one of said releasable connecting elements being received within another of said releasable connecting elements, and wherein when the retention force is exceeded said connecting elements are automatically releasable whereupon said second sleeve is axially displaceable on said instrument, and said instrument together with said axially fixed second sleeve being insertable into said through-recess and thereupon being guided and/or oriented in said template via the exterior surface of said second sleeve, an exterior surface of said instrument and an interior surface of said second sleeve are so dimensioned that the second sleeve is slidably fitted on the instrument with a slight or nearly zero clearance.