Bone foundation guide system and method
AssigneeNational Dentex, LLC
InventorsDaniel R. Llop, Armand C. Jusuf, Ryan A. Spanke
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Abstract
A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site. The body is further contoured to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide. The body is further contoured to support a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body.
Claims17
A bone foundation guide system comprising:
- A) a bone foundation guide comprising a body having a buccal wall and a lingual wall that is continuously connected by a first end and a second end forming an open surgical space connecting a top of the body with a bottom of the body, wherein the bottom is contoured to removably affix the body to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site, wherein the body is further contoured to guide cutting of a portion of the bone segment from the dental implant surgical site, wherein the body is further configured to support a dental implant surgical guide;
- B) a bone foundation guide prosthesis, wherein the body is further configured to support the bone foundation guide prosthesis in place of the dental implant surgical guide, wherein the bone foundation guide prosthesis is configured to combine with the body and define a space, adjacent to the open surgical space, that is configured to accommodate a portion of the bone segment protruding through the open surgical space of the body and into the space defined by the bone foundation guide prosthesis;
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- C) one or more anchoring struts that are configured to removably connect the bone foundation guide prosthesis to the body by further connecting the buccal wall to the lingual wall.
A method of operating a bone foundation guide system comprising the following steps:
- (A) providing a bone foundation guide comprising a body having a buccal wall and a lingual wall that is continuously connected by a first end and a second end forming an open surgical space that further connects a top of the body with a bottom of the body;
- (B) providing a bone foundation guide prosthesis, wherein the bone foundation guide prosthesis has a body;
- (C) combining the body of the bone foundation guide with the bone foundation guide prosthesis via one or more anchoring struts that are configured to removably connect the bone foundation guide prosthesis to the body of the bone foundation guide by further connecting the buccal wall to the lingual wall, wherein the combination defines a gap between the body of the bone foundation guide and the body of the bone foundation guide prosthesis;
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- (D) placing the combination upon a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site, wherein a portion of the bone segment passes through the open surgical space of the body as the combination is placed upon the bone segment, wherein the portion of the bone segment is further received in the gap of the combination as the combination is placed upon the bone segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.