Patent ID: 7101181

Claim:
Drilling system for a dental implant, where the dental implant is equipped with a positioning element when located in a bony wall of a mouth of a patient and with a bore, said system comprising: an implant pin which is designed to be received through the bony wall and into the bore of the dental implant to secure the dental implant in place; a drilling jig including a jig body, an elongated piece of defined length which is received in said jig body, said elongated piece including a cylindrical pin guiding channel having an axis and a specially adapted end, means for locking said jig body into a precise position relative to the positioning element of the dental implant located in the bony wall in the mouth of the patient, and means for axially positioning and guiding said elongated piece including said pin guiding channel relative to said jig body and hence relative to the bony wall in the mouth receiving the implant pin, wherein said elongated piece including said pin guiding channel are movable along the axis in said jig body so that said specially adapted end of said elongated piece can be brought in contact with the bony wall, said elongated piece including a stop; and a pin holder which is received in said pin guiding channel of said elongated piece to deliver said implant pin into the bore of the dental implant, said pin holder including an elongated shaft having, at an anterior end thereof, a means for temporarily fastening to a back end of the implant pin, and a stopping member which cooperates with said stop of said elongated piece to provide for an exact axial positioning of the implant pin.