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US 12,011,334 B2Granted
Method for treating a patient with a tooth vacancy
AssigneeImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
InventorHamad Saleh Hamad Alrumaih
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Abstract
An accurate and precise surgical guide for dental procedures, especially a procedure involving a subject with few or no teeth as well as methods for making and use of such guides.
Claims10
A method for treating a patient missing one or more teeth, comprising:
- placing a 3D printed bone supported maxillary sinus surgical guide in the mouth of the patient thereby marking access to the sinus, then
- installing a dental implant in the mouth of the patient;
- wherein prior to the placement of the 3D printed bone supported sinus surgical guide in the mouth of the patient, the method further comprises:
- making the 3D printed bone supported maxillary sinus surgical guide by:
- obtaining an STL file describing a maxillary bone structure of the patient as imaged by cone beam computerized tomography (“CBCT”);
- producing an STL file describing the 3D printed bone-supported maxillary sinus surgical guide using implant planning software and the STL file describing the maxillary bone structure of the patient;
- 3D printing the 3D printed bone-supported maxillary sinus surgical guide from a UV curable resin using the STL file describing the 3D printed bone-supported maxillary sinus surgical guide, and curing the UV curable resin with light;
- 3D printing a scale model that comprises maxillary surfaces in contact with the 3D printed bone-supported maxillary sinus surgical guide from a UV curable resin using the STL file describing the maxillary bone structure of the patient, and curing the UV curable resin with light;
- and
- test fitting the 3D printed bone-supported maxillary sinus surgical guide to the scale model.
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