DONALD J PIPKO
Dentist in Pittsburgh, PA

4571186, Feb 18, 1986

Feb 5, 1985

6/698326

Donald J. Pipko - Pittsburgh PA

A61C 1322

433181

A prosthesis construction assembly for use in placement and alignment of dental bridge components for the fabrication of human tooth replacements, having a female member adapted to be deposited in a cavity provided in the distal side of an anchor tooth, with its longitudinal recess having two parallel side walls and a rounded mesial wall somewhat longer than the side walls so as to provide an end well in which a male member can pivot; and the male member having a rod portion also with a rounded first end and being sized to permit its sliding engagement and retention within the recess of said female portion; an outwardly oriented second flange portion integral with one arc of the rod portion surface and not extending beyond the point of said first rounded end. The second flange is adapted to provide a sliding abutment to the external surface of said first flange. An elongated bar portion is integrally attached to the other end of said male portion and abuts the proximal end of the second flange; and a transverse bar is disposed intermediate the ends of the mandrel portion and pinned thereto.