WO2010052554A1 - A ball-type device with intraradicular pin for fastening dental prostheses and relative implementation procedure - Google Patents

Abstract

A dental fastening ball-type device with intraradicular pin for fastening permanent or removable dental prostheses, comprising: a pin (1) consisting of a metal stem (3) that can be cemented into the root (200) of a tooth, and an end portion terminating with a male ball (6) arranged for protruding from the root of the tooth; a female component (2) made of plastic, which can be stably associated with a dental prosthesis (100) consisting of a retainer cap (8) that can be coupled in a reversible manner to the ball (6), and a stem (10) for anchoring to the prosthesis; where at least said ball (6) is coated with a Titanium compound, selected between Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) and Titanium Nitride (TiN). The invention also relates to procedure for implementing a dental fastening device with intraradicular pin for fastening removable or permanent prostheses.

Description

A BALL-TYPE DEVICE WITH INTRARAD I CULAR PIN FOR FASTENING DENTAL PROSTHESES AND RELATIVE IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE

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5 The present invention relates to a dental fastening ball-type device with intraradicular pin for fastening permanent or removable dental prostheses and to the relative method for implementing said fastening device.

As it is known, dental fastening devices for total, partial or skeleton

10 removable dental prostheses are normally composed of permanent intraradicular pins and removable couplings, with a retaining system between the two components with reversible coupling of male-female type or, as otherwise known, of the ball-type.

In fact, fastening devices normally used in dentistry comprise a pin and

15 a retaining cap. The pin is generally made of gold and consists of a stem that can be cemented into the root of the tooth that widens into a plug that protects and covers the cut root onto which a pre-formed gold ball is welded, or a ball produced from the same casting as the pin. Therefore, the male ball projecting from the root of the tooth has the function of

20 holding a prosthesis in place, by interlocking with a female component made of plastic, for example Derlin, anchored in a tooth of the prosthesis.

The retaining cap of the female component is coupled in a reversible manner to the ball of the pin.

In order to be used effectively, a fastening device with intraradicular 25 pin must have a male component with some fundamental characteristics: it must be of small dimensions, as it must be cemented into the root of the tooth; it must be hard wearing, as its substitution is problematic; its cementing must be strong and long-lasting; it must be easy to fit; it must allow the dentin of the cut root to be covered with a plug made of gold or other material, without however increasing the dimensions of the pin, as if the dentin is not protected after the tooth is cut it deteriorates irreparably, as it is neither as hard as enamel nor sufficiently resistant to the aggressive action of saliva.

The female retaining cap must also have specific characteristics: it must be of small dimensions and be easy to fit, as it must be substituted occasionally due to normal wear of the plastic material of which it is made. It must also allow the water or liquid detergents used to wash the prosthesis to exit when it is coupled on the ball.

However, the technical solutions most commonly used to produce fastening devices with intraradicular pins have some drawbacks that compromise their efficiency.

The first of these is wear of the ball, which under no circumstances must occur, as it is the female component that should become worn as it is easy to substitute, while the male ball component is cemented. To overcome the drawback of low resistance to wear, the use is known of dental fastening devices wherein the male component is made of iridium platinum.

However, besides having improved resistance, this also has some drawbacks, among which very high cost, long application times and dimensions that are not sufficiently small. Moreover, this type of implant requires special machining operations to be carried out in an external laboratory, which cannot be performed directly in the dental surgery and in direct contact with the patient's mouth.

Further problems derive from the dimensions of the fastening device. It must be of small dimensions, to avoid problems with the vertical dimension of the patient (vertical dimension is intended as the height of the teeth, which are often very low and do not allow both the ball of the fastening device and the corresponding female component to be concealed under a tooth of the prosthesis). The fastening device must not be high on the gum line as the higher the ball, the greater the lever arm exerted on the root during chewing is, and therefore the lower the fastening device, the less root mobilization will be. This allows us also to use relatively short roots which could nonetheless withstand the stress of an fastening device. Moreover, the fastening device must provide the prosthesis with stability, even when only a few pins are used to anchor prostheses of large dimensions.

The aesthetics of the tooth covering the fastening device is also linked to the dimension of the ball, as the smaller the ball can be kept and the lower the fastening device, the smaller the dimension of the tooth will be, to the undoubted advantage of aesthetics.

The procedure currently in use to implement a dental fastening device for removable or permanent prostheses that uses intraradicular pins of known type substantially includes the steps of: - devitalizing the tooth to be used as seat of the pin; - cutting the tooth slightly above the gum;

- drilling the intraradicular canal;

- positioning a temporary pin made of calcinable plastic material; - modelling a wax plug on the root around the pin;

- taking an impression with the calcinable pin in position;

- casting of the plaster impression;

- modelling in wax around the calcinable pin of a plug that will cover the root; - insertion over the wax plug of a calcinable ball to be cast together with the pin or welding of a preformed ball on top of the gold plug;

- extraction of the pin and production in the laboratory of a gold plug with the lost wax casting technique, using first the oven and then the centrifugal casting machine; - surface finishing of the gold plug and cementing of the pin in the root;

- anchoring of the female retaining cap on the pin of the prosthesis. The principal defects of the procedure described above are substantially: - easy wear of the gold ball obtained by casting of the pins. Manufacturers attempted to overcome this drawback by supplying increasingly small female caps as inner hole which were substituted when the worn ball no longer held the prosthesis in its seat;

- ball dimension (the smallest balls on the market have a diameter of 1.8 - 2 mm); - considerable height of the fastening devices;

- lengthy machining times and higher laboratory costs.

The object of the invention is therefore to produce a fastening device with intraradicular pin with male and female components of small dimensions, resistant to abrasion, draining during the male/female couplings step, stable, long lasting and easy to apply.

A further object is to reduce application costs allowing the fastening device also to be fitted directly in the dental surgery, without using the external laboratory, with advantages for both the patient and the dentist. The objects are achieved with the present invention, namely with a dental fastening ball-type device with intraradicular pin for fastening permanent or removable dental prostheses comprising:

- a pin consisting of a metal stem that can be cemented into the root of a tooth, and an end portion terminating with a male ball arranged for protruding from the root of the tooth;

- a female component made of plastic, which can be stably associated with a dental prosthesis, consisting of a retainer cap that can be coupled in a reversible manner to the ball, and a stem for anchoring to the prosthesis; characterized in that at least said ball (6) is coated with a Titanium (Ti) compound, selected between Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) and Titanium Nitride (TiN).

According to one aspect of the invention, the end portion of the pin comprises two collars arranged at a short distance from each other and near the ball. In a further aspect of the invention a gold casting can be applied under and around the ring nearest to the ball to make a plug to protect the cut root of the tooth.

According to a preferred aspect of the invention said pin is produced in a single block with said ball, where said ball is coated with Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN).

According to a further preferred aspect of the invention, said ball is removable and can be associated with said pin in a reversible manner using a screw and a female screw coupling and said ball is coated with Titanium Nitride (TiN).

According to an alternative embodiment, said pin is produced in a single block with said ball, wherein said ball is coated with Titanium Nitride (TiN) and the protective plug is made by cold forming.

The use of a protective plug made with the "cast-to" technique using gold at 820-830 ⁰C is possible, according to the invention, with two different methods, depending on whether the ball is coated with Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) or Titanium Nitride (TiN).

In the first case, as the TiAIN coating only degrades at temperatures of over 850 ⁰C, the pin can be manufactured in a single piece. In the second case, as the TiN coating degrades already at a temperature of 520 ⁰C, the pin is made in two pieces, so that the ball can be removable from the stem and can be screwed thereon only after casting with gold using the "cast-to" technique.

The use of a plug made by cold forming is essential for the use of the monobloc pin with Titanium Nitride coating. In fact, this material is very sensitive to heat and therefore prevents the use of conventional gold casting methods to make the coating to protect the root. The cold formed plug thus acts as protection for the dentin, without the risk of damaging the Titanium Nitride coating of the ball. To produce the cold formed protective plug, a silver amalgam for fillings or a resin can advantageously be used.

To make the cold formed plug it is useful to use a template, namely a formwork-ring to be positioned around the pin to compact the silver- based reconstruction material, or simply to act as receptacle for pouring the resin.

According to further aspects of the invention, the ball has a shape such as to comprise a substantially horizontal flat upper face, i.e. orthogonal to the axis of the pin, and two substantially vertical flat lateral faces, i.e. parallel to the axis of the pin. The subject matter of the invention also includes a procedure for implementing a dental fastening device with intraradicular pin for fastening removable or permanent dental prostheses, comprising the steps of:

- devitalization of the tooth to be used as the seat for the pin; - cutting the tooth flush with the gums;

- digging into the root of the tooth to create a concave bowl-shaped flare;

- drilling the intraradicular canal;

- temporary positioning of the pin; characterized in that it includes the additional steps of: - positioning a template-ring around the root of the tooth;

- filling the template-ring with cold material adapted to allow the formation of a plug that protects the root of the cut tooth;

- cutting and removing the template ring; - inserting and anchoring the stem associated with the retaining cap on the prosthesis just next to the pin. According to a first aspect of the procedure, it comprises the step of:

- filling the template-ring with clear self-polymerizing calcinable resin used for castings; and after the template ring is cut, comprising the additional steps of:

- extraction of the pin;

- coating the resin with gold cast using the "cast-to technique;

- surface finishing of the plug;

- final anchoring of the pin (1) with dental cement. According to a further aspect of the procedure, it comprises the step of:

- filling the template-ring with clear self-polymerizing calcinable resin used for castings; and after the template-ring is cut, comprising the additional steps of:

- extraction of the pin; - removal of the ball from the pin;

- coating of the resin with gold cast using the "cast-to" technique;

- repositioning of the ball on the pin;

- surface finishing of the plug;

- final anchoring of the pin with dental cement. In conformity with a third aspect of the procedure, it comprises the step of:

- filling the template-ring with clear self-polymerizing resin; and after the template-ring is cut, comprising the additional steps of:

- extraction of the pin; - surface finishing of the plug;

- final anchoring of the pin with cyanoacrylate cement.

In conformity with a fourth aspect of the procedure, it comprises the step of:

- using silver amalgam to fill the template ring and subsequent condensing and levelling of the amalgam; and after the template-ring is cut, comprising the additional steps of:

- extraction of the pin;

- surface finishing of the plug;

- final anchoring of the pin with dental cement. The advantages achieved by means of the dental fastening ball-type device with intraradicular pin forming the subject matter of the present invention essentially consist in the fact that the coating of Titanium (Ti) compounds, and precisely Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) or Titanium Nitride (TiN), of the ball makes it very resistant to wear, to abrasion and to degradation; that the removable nature of the ball from the pin allows use of the conventional "cast-to" technique to cast the gold to produce the protective plug of the cut root of the tooth without burning the Titanium Nitride coating, which deteriorates at over 520 ⁰C and would not withstand the heat of the melted gold; that it can be used for total, partial and skeleton removable dental bars and prostheses, for permanent prostheses for the reconstruction of teeth or stumps and also in combination with osteointeg rated implants; that the small dimensions of the female component and of the ball make it possible to obtain a fastening device of reduced dimensions and limited height which can therefore also be used to anchor smaller single-root teeth, such as canines, incisors and premolars; that the shape of the ball allows greater stability of the prosthesis, improved drainage of liquids during insertion of the ball into the female component, which is able to deform during coupling of the shaped ball provided with the flat lateral faces.

The advantages achieved by means of a procedure for implementing a dental fastening device with intraradicular pin according to the present invention consist essentially in the fact that the cost and application times are greatly reduced through the use of a template-ring for cold forming of the plug; that the aesthetic problem is solved with a very low fastening device, in which the ball is almost flush with the gums; that a cold silver amalgam or a cold photopolymerizable compound resin can be used directly in the dental surgery to cover the dentin exposed by cutting of the tooth root; that the "cast-to" technique can be used to cast the gold without damaging the Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) coating, but also the Titanium Nitride coating of the ball, due to the fact that the ball can be removed from the pin; that the parallelism between pins can be solved simply by bending the pins; that the use of a template-ring allows an extremely accurate impression to be produced directly in resin also if the tooth is cut flush with the gums and even excavated to allow the ball to be kept as low as possible, saving time and making it possible to avoid use of the conventional impression and the subsequent casting step by the external laboratory.

Further features and advantages of the invention shall be more apparent from the more detailed description set forth hereunder with the aid of the figures, which represent preferred methods of implementation, illustrated by way of non-limiting example, wherein:

Fig. 1 represents, in longitudinal section, a fastening device for a tooth produced with an intraradicular pin according to the invention; Fig. 2 represents, in a partially sectional exploded perspective view, a variant of embodiment of a pin and a female cap according to the invention;

Fig. 3 represents, in a partially sectional perspective view, a pin complete with protective plug for the cut root; Fig. 4 represents, in a partial front view, pins with shaped ball according to the invention.

With reference to the figures, the fastening device for dental prosthesis according to the invention essentially comprises a steel pin 1 and a plastic female component 2. In a first embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1 , the pin 1 of the retaining system consists of a cylindrically shaped stem 3 with smooth or corrugated lateral surface, said stem being provided with a first collar 4 and a second collar 5. The pin also comprises an end portion that terminates with a ball 6, useful to obtain reversible coupling to the female component 2. Excellent results were obtained with diameters of the ball 6 of the pin 1 measuring 1.20-1.40-1.60-1.80-2.00-2.25 mm.

The pin, made of AISI 303 steel, is coated in a Titanium (Ti) compound, selected between Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) and Titanium Nitride (TiN) with a layer 7 of adequate thickness according to known methods, such as PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition), in order to strengthen the surface of the pin. The dimension of the thickness of the layer 7 shown in Fig. 1 has been altered specifically for clarity of illustration. Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) withstands temperatures of up to around 850 ⁰C without undergoing degradation or oxidation and is black in colour.

Titanium Nitride (TiN) withstands temperatures of up to around 520 ⁰C without undergoing degradation or oxidation and is gold in colour. Said female component 2 comprises a hollow retaining cap 8, adapted to receive the ball end 6, holding it in position by means of reversible anchoring means comprising a neck 9 with double internal conical flare. The female component also comprises a stem 10 provided with micro- collars 11 adapted to allow improved anchoring to a prosthesis 100. The female component is made of plastic material, such as Derlin.

The dentin of the cut root 200 of the tooth is protected with a shaped plug 12, produced through the use of a template-ring 13, acting as formwork. Said ring 13 is produced with a cylindrical band, for example made of copper or steel sheet with a thickness of around 3/10 mm, with diameter between 5 and 8.45 mm with intervals of 0.15 mm, so that a ring that fits over the cut root flush with the gums can always be found. The ring 13 has a height between around 3 to 6 mm, at least equal to the length of the portion of male pin 1 included between the two collars 4 and 5 arranged at a short distance from each other along the stem 3 before the end portion terminating with the coupling ball 6. Using this formwork ensures that the material that serves to directly protect, or to allow construction of the plug to protect the dentin of the previously cut root 200 is accurately positioned.

Fig. 2 shows a variant of the pin 1 , wherein the male ball 6 comprises a screw stem 14 adapted to be screwed into a threaded seat 15 provided on the stem 3 of the pin 1. The ball 6 also comprises a hexagonal seat 16 adapted to be engaged by an Allen wrench of known type (not shown). Alternatively to the hexagonal seat, the ball 6 can comprise, at the base thereof, two parallel millings, which allow the use of a conventional wrench for screwing and unscrewing.

According to this variant of the pin, only the ball 6 is coated with a layer 7 of Titanium Nitride, while the stem 3 is made of steel without any coating.

Fig. 3 shows a pin according to the variant of Fig. 2, complete with a plug 12, before cementing into the root 200.

Fig. 4 shows pins according to further variants of embodiment, wherein the ball 6 comprises two vertical parallel flat faces 18 and one horizontal flat face 19. The faces are obtained by known machining operations, such as milling. The invention also includes the implementing procedure for positioning said dental fastening device with intraradicular pin for removable or permanent prosthesis, the principal steps of which are indicated and described below.

According to a preferred sequence, the procedure of the invention includes the following steps: devitalization of the tooth; cutting the tooth flush with the gums and digging into the root 200 to create a very wide concave, bowl-shaped flare 17 with a large ball shaped diamond bur up to the external edge for the entire circumference of the root; reaming the canal, for example with Largo type burs manufactured by Maillefer, from number one to number five with abundant water to prevent overheating; selecting the fastening device to use with a ball 6 of a diameter suitable for the vertical dimension of the space available for the specific patient. The smaller the space, the smaller the diameter of the ball 6 will be. In general balls of 1.6 - 1.8 mm are the most widely used, although if the space is small it is possible to use a 1.4 - 1.2 mm ball. The choice of the ball also varies in accordance with the number of fastening devices: the more fastening devices there are, the smaller the diameter of the balls can be. In dentures with only two fastening devices, the 2 mm ball will be used. For aesthetic purposes it is better to use balls of small dimensions as the female component is also better concealed in the teeth of the prosthesis; - cutting the stem of the fastening device to the appropriate length, so that the pin is proportional to the length of the root and that the first wing is always higher than the edge of the cut root. In general, the length of the pin is kept the same as that of the spiral of the Largo reamer; polishing the surface of the previously cut root with a black rubber polisher and if necessary finishing it at the edges, especially if they are irregular, with a diamond bur and then with an Arkansas bur. When finding teeth, such as premolars, which are bean shaped, they should be rounded as much as possible to facilitate mounting of the copper ring, as will be seen below; - choosing a copper ring that is as accurate as possible which adapts well to the circumference of the root and fitting it; there are around 20 sizes available varying by 1.5 mm in diameter, and therefore it is easy to find one that is appropriate, if necessary the root can be adapted with a diamond bur. Once cut back flush with the gums canines are cut obliquely and therefore it is necessary to select high copper rings and adapt them to this shape using scissors. The roots of premolars are instead high on the mesial and distal sides and low on the other two, and therefore rings must be cut in the shape of a saddle; checking parallelism of the pins in the case of multiple fastening devices, even if this is not so important as it is for permanent prostheses. By inserting burs into the various canals the orientation of the roots is determined immediately and if they are not parallel the pins must be bent with two pliers, inserted into the canals and checked with a mirror. The pins can be bent by several degrees without problems, but with the larger pliers at the bottom it is advisable to grip under the first wing and not under the ball as the collar of the ball is weaker and could be weakened and subsequently snap.

After these general steps, there are four possible procedures to terminate positioning of the pin 1 allowing production of a plug 12 to protect the root 200 of the cut tooth. Two require work in a prosthodontic laboratory, while the other two can be performed in the dental surgery.

In the first case, a pin 1 of the type with ball 6 made in one piece with the stem 3, coated with Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) which can withstand temperatures higher than the melting temperature of gold, is used, the space delimited by the template-ring 13 is filled with cold clear self-polymerizing calcinable resin used for castings, up to the collar 5 near the ball 6. The cut root must first be polished thoroughly with a diamond rubber polisher and then coated with Vaseline before filling the ring with resin. In this case, a small amount of powdered resin is placed in a plastic dappen dish, liquid is added in an amount that allows the resin to remain liquid, it is then mixed with a probe and poured into a clear pipette for root canal cement and the ring in the patient's mouth is filled up to the wing under the ball. Once hardened, the ring is cut with a diamond bur, the fastening device is removed by pulling the ball with pliers or with a needle driver; if this proves difficult, remove the excess resin that may have created an undercut around the root, again using a diamond bur. When using a root that has already deteriorated with undercuts that cannot be eliminated with a bur, they can be filled with a photopolymerizable composite resin. After having removed the resin fastening device, the last steps of roughing, finishing and polishing are performed: firstly the excess resin is removed, modelling the pin around the ball with a laboratory resin bur, then finishing is performed with yellow and white rubber composite polishers and then with abrasive resin paste and prophy brushes and lastly it is polished using metal polish and chamois leather polishing brushes.

After the preparatory work has been completed, the article is sent directly to the laboratory where the coating will be applied immediately by subsequent casting of gold using the "cast-to" technique.

In the second case, a pin 1 of the type with removable ball 6 coated with Titanium Nitride (TiN), which does not withstand the melting temperature of gold, is used.

In this case, once the preparatory work has been completed, the ball is unscrewed and the component without the ball is sent directly to the laboratory, where the coating will be applied immediately by subsequent casting of gold using the "cast-to" technique.

With these direct methods, maximum precision is obtained, as the step to develop conventional plaster impressions is omitted.

In the third case, the space delimited by the template-ring 13 is filled with cold clear self-polymerizing resin, up to the collar 5 near the ball 6, using a pin 1 of the type with permanent ball 6. After hardening, the ring

13 is cut with a bur, the pin 1 is removed and the surface of the resin is finished. The pin 1 is then cemented using cyanoacrylate cement.

In the fourth case, the space delimited by the template-ring 13 is filled with cold silver amalgam, up to the collar 5 near the ball 6, using a pin 1 of the type with permanent ball 6, condensing the amalgam with the conventional instruments and techniques used for fillings. Around one hour after condensing, when hardening has taken place, the ring 13 is cut with a diamond bur, the pin 1 is removed by gripping the ball with pliers and the surface of the plug 12 obtained with the amalgam is finished. Optionally, it can be coated with gold in the laboratory. The pin 1 is then cemented with dental cement.

With all four procedures, the female component 2 is anchored to the prosthesis 100 with resin according to prior art, cutting the stem 10 to size and checking that there is no interference between the prosthesis 100 and the plugs 12 of the fastening devices and between the female component 2 and the prosthesis 100. Finally, it must be checked that during mastication the patient bites down on the free saddles and not on the caps 12 of the fastening device and consequently on the roots 200 which could cause pain or deteriorate in the long term. Naturally, without prejudice to the principle of the invention, the embodiments, the materials used, the dimensions and the constructional details may be widely varied with respect to those described and illustrated in accordance with application requirements, without however departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A dental fastening ball-type device with intraradicular pin for fastening permanent or removable dental prostheses, comprising:

- a pin (1) consisting of a metal stem (3) that can be cemented into the root (200) of a tooth, and an end portion terminating with a male ball (6) arranged for protruding from the root of the tooth;

- a female component (2) made of plastic, which can be stably associated with a dental prosthesis (100) consisting of a retainer cap (8) that can be coupled in a reversible manner to the ball (6), and a stem (10) for anchoring to the prosthesis; characterized in that at least said ball (6) is coated with a Titanium compound, selected between Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN) and Titanium Nitride (TiN).

2. A dental fastening ball-type device according to claim 1 , characterized in that said pin (1) comprises a terminal portion with at least one collar (5) arranged near said ball (6).

3. A dental fastening ball-type device according to claim 2, characterized in that a plug (12) can be made underneath and around the collar (5) to protect the cut root (200) of the tooth.

4. A dental fastening ball-type device according to claim 1 , characterized in that said pin (1) comprises in a single block the ball (2) and at least the latter is coated with Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN).

5. A dental fastening ball-type device according to claim 1 , characterized in that said ball (6) is coated with Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAIN), is removable and can be associated with said pin (1) in a reversible manner using a screw (14) and a female screw (15) coupling.

6. A dental fastening ball-type device according to claim 5, characterized in that said ball (6) comprises a hexagonal seat (16) adapted to be engaged by an Allen wrench.

7. A dental fastening ball-type device according to claim 5, characterized in that said ball (6) comprises two milled surfaces at its base adapted to be engaged by a tightening wrench.

8. A dental fastening ball-type device according to claim 1 , characterized in that said ball (6) comprises two flat lateral faces (18).

9. A dental fastening ball-type device according to claim 1, characterized in that said ball (6) comprises one flat upper face (19).

10. A procedure for implementing a dental fastening device with intraradicular pin for fastening removable or permanent prostheses, comprising the steps of: - devitalization of the tooth to be used as the seat for a pin (1);

- cutting the tooth flush with the gums;

- digging into the root (200) of the tooth to create a concave, bowl- shaped flare;

- drilling the intra-radicular canal; - temporary positioning of the pin (1); characterized in that it includes the additional steps of:

- positioning a template-ring (13) around the root (200) of the tooth;

- filling the template-ring (13) with cold material adapted to allow the formation of a plug (12) that protects the root (200) of the cut tooth; - cutting and removing the template-ring (13); - inserting and anchoring the stem (10) associated with the retaining cap (8) on the prosthesis (100), just next to the pin (1).

11. A procedure according to claim 10, characterized in that said template-ring (13) comprises a round band made of sheet metal.

12. A procedure according to claim 10, characterized in that it includes the step of:

- filling the template-ring (13) with clear self-polymerizing calcinable resin used for castings; and after the template-ring (13) is cut, the additional steps of: - extraction of the pin (1);

- coating the resin and casting with gold using the "cast-to" technique;

- surface finishing of the plug (12);

- final anchoring of the pin (1) with dental cement.

13. A procedure according to claim 10, characterized in that it includes the step of:

- filling the template ring (13) with clear, self-polymerizing, calcinable resin used for castings; and after the template ring (13) is cut, comprising the additional steps of: - extraction of the pin (1);

- removal of the ball (6) from the pin;

- coating the resin and casting with gold using the "cast-to" technique;

- repositioning the ball (6) on the pin (1); - surface finishing of the plug (12); - final anchoring of the pin (1) with dental cement.

14. A procedure according to claim 10, characterized in that it includes the step of:

- filling the template ring with clear self-polymerizing resin; and after the template ring (13) is cut, comprising the additional steps of:

- extraction of the pin;

- surface finishing of the plug;

- final cementing of the pin with cyanoacrylate cement.

15. A procedure according to claim 10, characterized in that it includes the step of:

- using silver amalgam to fill the template ring (13), with subsequent condensing and levelling of the amalgam; and after the template ring (13) is cut, comprising the additional steps of:

- extraction of the pin (1); - surface finishing of the plug (12);

- final anchoring of the pin (1) with dental cement.