A device for placing and affixing a dental component to a dental implant permits the precise placement of the dental component (such as an abutment or crown) onto a dental implant in a manner that also provides for a retaining screw to be tightened without having to release the component in any way and hence risk its movement to a non-desired position. In one form, the device comprises a holder including a base having an access opening extending from a first end to a second opposite end of the base, the access opening having an inner surface defining a cylindrical first section and a frustoconical second section, the second section being dimensioned to engage the dental component in an interference fit, the inner surface of the second section terminating in a continuous perimeter at the second end of the base. In another form, the device comprises a holder including a base having an access opening extending from a first end to a second opposite end of the base, the access opening having an inner surface defining a first section and a second section, wherein the inner surface at the second section includes one or more inwardly extending ribs.

 
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