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Titanium Peg Slide Set

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click to enlarge 1. Shows the new titanium peg set, including the sleeve driver, the threaded sleeve, the flat peg, the ball peg, the locking socket peg, and three needle handles.
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2. Shows a close-up of the thread sleeve, flat peg, the ball peg, and the locking socket peg.
click to enlarge 3. Shows a comparison in relative size of the old plastic peg system with the new titanium peg systems.
click to enlarge 4. Shows the size of the sleeve driver, flat peg, and threaded sleeve.
click to enlarge 5. Shows the four types of needles used to create the hole for the threaded sleeve since a power drill is no longer needed. These are, beginning at the bottom; a 20 gauge, 18 gauge, 16 gauge, and the largest (at the top) is a 14 gauge needle.
click to enlarge 6. Shows the hydroxyapatite implant being stabilized by the implant ring stabilizer with a 14 gauge needle being used to create the hole.
click to enlarge 7. Shows the hydroxyapatite stabilized by the implant ring stabilizer with the threaded sleeve partially screwed into the hole.
click to enlarge 8. Shows another picture of the flat peg, threaded sleeve, and the sleeve driver.
click to enlarge 9. Shows the four hypodermic needles with needle handles above each. The needle handles are used to screw into the hub of the needle to make the creation of the hole by the hypodermic needle easier.