Overdenture Attachments

Locator^® Overdenture Attachment

The Locator attachment makes it easy for your patient to seat his or her own denture in the right place every time. It features a very low profile and is an extremely durable product. When used with the Tapered Screw-Vent implant, the height of the Locator attachment is as low as 2.5mm. The unique design retains on the inside and outside of the abutment resulting in a strong, stable design and less wear on the nylon liners. The durability of the Locator attachment also means fewer recall visits for your patients.

A variety of abutment heights, angulation correction, and levels of retention are available to help the clinician or laboratory technician create the optimum overdenture restoration for each case.

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One-Piece Ball Abutments

Zimmer Dental's one-piece Ball Abutment allows for an overdenture to be securely retained by an implant, improving function compared to traditional denture use. The Ball Abutment is an economical choice for a tissue-supported overdenture.

The metal cap and nylon liners are incorporated in the denture acrylic and snap over the ball to retain the denture.


Locator abutments are manufactured by and Locator is a registerted trademark of Zest Anchors, Inc.

Locator^® Bar Attachment System

The Locator Bar Attachment System offers three options for the fabrication of a resilient attachment on an implant-retained cast alloy bar or milled titanium bar. Now all of the benefits of the Locator attachments are available for use when added stability on a bar is desired. All of the Locator attachment parts are universal, therefore your existing denture components and tools on hand can be utilized for the new Locator Bar Females.

Option 1: When simplicity and flexibility are desired, the Drill & Tap option can be used. You simply drill, tap, and thread the new Locator Bar Female into your implant-retained bar. If at any time you need to revise or repair the bar, the clinician can simply remove the abutments and change the females. This eliminates the need for a laboratory procedure to make the necessary revisions on the bar.

Option 2: The Locator Laser Bar Female can be laser welded to a cast alloy bar. Use the Locator Paralleling Mandrel in a surveyor to position the Laser Bar Female and simply weld it into place.

Option 3: The third option allows you to cast the attachment to the cast alloy bar. The newly designed Locator Cast-To Bar Female is positioned by using the Locator Paralleling Mandrel in a surveyor and then waxing the attachment into the bar. The precision machined finish of the attachment is maintained by casting the gold alloy to the Locator Cast-To Bar Female.

LOCBF2	LOCLBF	LOCCTB

Ancillary Parts:

LOCBPP	Locator Yellow Bar Processing Package (2Pk used with All Options)
LOCDTH	Locator Bar Drill and Tap Holder (Used with Option 1)
LOCCTI	Locator 2.0mm Castable Threaded Insert (10Pk used with Option 1)
LOCPMAND	Locator Paralleling Mandrel (For use with Options 2 and 3)
LOCBT2	Locator 2.0 mm Bar Tap (2mm Thread used with Option 1)
LOCBD	Locator 1.7mm Bar Drill (2mm Thread used with Option 1)

LOCBPP	LOCDTH
LOCBD	LOCBT2

For more information on these products, please contact technical services at 1-800-854-7019.