Patent ID: 7661957

Claim:
A method for reversible fixing of a tool to an end of an implantable element, when fitting a dental prosthesis, the method successively comprising: reversibly fixing a hollow intermediate connecting part onto an external complementary part of the tool, the hollow intermediate connecting part and the external complementary part of the tool cooperating to prevent longitudinal movement of the tool relative to the hollow intermediate connecting part while they are reversibly fixed together; and thereafter positioning the tool, which has the hollow intermediate connecting part reversibly fixed thereto, with respect to the end of the implantable element until the hollow intermediate connecting part clips to the end of the implantable element with an end of the tool in direct contact with the implantable element, the implantable element having a head, a body and a groove positioned axially therebetween, the body configured to extend axially from the groove and into a body of a patient, and the hollow intermediate connecting part configured to be received by the groove of the implantable element and further configured to contact the groove of the implantable element at an edge of the hollow intermediate connecting part that is axially closest to the body of the implantable element.