Periodontal restoration components

Claim 1

In combination, an auxiliary component for a dental device implanted in bone of a patient's jaw, said implanted device having a gingivally-oriented terminating surface, and an opening through said terminating surface into a bore extending axially into said device for receiving a prosthodontic restoration, said auxiliary component having at a first end a post extending from said component for engaging in said bore, said auxiliary component having an outer surface at a second end opposite said first end, and a non-circular manipulating socket opening through said outer surface into said auxiliary component, said socket tapering in cross-section from wider at said outer surface to narrower within said auxiliary component, and a manipulating tool having a shank fitted with a bit of non-circular cross-section substantially matching the cross-section of said socket, said bit being tapered similarly to the taper in cross-section of said socket from a narrower portion at its extremity having a cross-sectional dimension similar to the narrower portion of said socket, to a wider portion toward said shank having cross-sectional dimensions similar to the wider opening into said socket, for facilitating the entrance of said bit into said socket and frictionally engaging said bit in said socket.