CAMLOG SCREW-LINE Surgical procedure

35 CAMLOG ® SCREW-LINE IMPLANT ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRE-DEFINED BREAKING POINT OF THE INSERTION POST To protect the inner configuration of the implant, the insertion posts are fitted with a pre-defined breaking point. If the torque is too high during insertion of the implant, the insertion post snaps off at the pre-defined breaking point. This ensures that the inner configuration of the implant is not damaged and that the fracture fragment of the post can be removed with forceps as a single piece from the implant. The fractured piece must be secured with a ligature prior to removal to avoid aspiration. If the snapping at the predetermined breaking point occurs at the same time as final positioning of the implant, the fragment of the insertion post is extracted as described above, and the procedure can be continued as pl- anned. The cover screw or a healing cap is applied to the implant or it is al- ready fitted with a prosthetic component. REMOVAL ADAPTER FOR IMPLANTS If the implant is not in the final position when the insertion post snaps at the pre-defined breaking point, the implant must be removed as described in the following, and the reason for snapping investigated. In order to remove the implant after snapping of the insertion post at the pre-defined breaking point, CAMLOG ® Removal adapters are available for all CAMLOG ® SCREW-LINE implants. In order to remove the implant, the manual insertion tool is mounted to the removal adapter. Here it should be noted that picking up the removal adap- ter with the insertion tool is done by applying slight pressure. Three lateral markings correspond with the cams of the removal adapter and thus allow easy insertion of the removal adapter into the implant, un- til the cams fit the grooves. CAMLOG ® Removal adapters for all diameters pre-defined breaking point NOTE The CAMLOG ® Removal adapter should only be used for the explan- tation not osseointegrated implants. The CAMLOG ® Removal adapter should not be used to change implant axis or to adjust the height of the implant. Otherwise the inner configuration of the implant can be damaged.