Bone plates having multi-use combination holes for locking and dynamic compression, and related systems and methods

A bone plate, comprising:

• a plate body defining an interior surface that defines a combination hole comprising a locking hole and a compression hole that intersect one another and each extends from an outer surface of the plate body to a bone-facing surface of the plate body, the locking hole defining a central locking hole axis and the compression hole defining a central compression hole axis, wherein the central compression hole axis is spaced from the central locking hole axis in an offset direction, and the offset direction is oriented along an intersection axis that intersects the central locking hole axis and the central compression hole axis,
• the plate body further defining a locking surface that defines the locking hole and at least one locking structure within the locking hole, and the plate body further defining a compression surface that defines the compression hole,
• wherein an intersection boundary between the locking surface and the compression surface defines guide formations opposite each other on first and second sides of the combination hole, the guide formations extend along respective guide axes that each define a guide angle measured between the respective guide axis and the intersection axis,
• wherein the the guide formations are configured to contact a head of a compression bone fixation member that is inserted into the combination hole along an insertion axis which in turn causes the bone plate to translate in a translation direction opposite the offset direction until the head is seated against the compression surface, wherein the insertion axis is in the locking hole and offset from the central locking hole axis in a direction having a directional component in the offset direction, and
• wherein each of the respective guide axes is sloped toward the compression hole as it extends in a direction that is defined from the outer surface of the plate body to the bone-facing surface of the plate body.