Method and system for provisioning of dental implants and related services
AssigneeAlliance Capital Management
InventorDavid A. Salmassy
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for dental implant and restorative services. By locating the key functions at one physical location, dental implant services are efficiently provided to patients. These functions include a treatment coordinator, a direct marketer, a restorative doctor/prosthodontist, a surgeon, an imaging area, and a dental laboratory, Further, services for dentate patients are improved by utilizing advanced dental implant methods and systems. These methods and systems include both model-based services and CT (computed tomography) guided surgery services. Using these services, improved surgical guides for dental implants are constructed.
Claims16
A system for placement of one or more dental implants at dentate and edentulous sites comprising:
- one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions which are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- importing a first scan data set and a second scan data set into a treatment planning software, wherein:
- the first scan data set comprises a digital image of a patient's jaw representing hard and soft tissues of the patient's jaw including dentate and edentulous sites;
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- the second scan data set of the patient's jaw comprises a computed tomography (CT) digital image;
- computationally combining the first scan data set and the second scan data set to produce a third data set of image data that renders a digital image of a bone, the dentate and edentulous sites, and soft tissue of the patient;
- generating a treatment plan utilizing the third data set within the treatment planning software, wherein the treatment plan comprises an implant surgical plan;
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- generating a single surgical guide data set utilizing the third data set within the treatment planning software for fabrication of a single surgical guide for placement of one or more dental implants at the dentate and the edentulous sites;
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- a 3D printer, wherein the 3D printer receives the single surgical guide data set and fabricates the single surgical guide for placement of the one or more dental implants at the dentate and the edentulous sites.
A method for placement of one or more dental implants at dentate and edentulous sites comprising:
- importing, via at least one processor, a first scan data set and a second scan data set into a treatment planning software, wherein:
- the first scan data set comprises a digital image of a patient's jaw representing hard and soft tissues of the patient's jaw including the dentate and the edentulous sites;
- and
- the second scan data set of the patient's jaw comprises a computed tomography (CT) digital image;
- computationally combining the first scan data set and the second scan data set to produce a third data set of image data that renders a digital image of a bone, the dentate and edentulous sites and soft tissue of the patient;
- generating a treatment plan utilizing the third data set within the treatment planning software, wherein the treatment plan comprises an implant surgical plan;
- and
- generating a single surgical guide data set utilizing the third data set within the treatment planning software;
- fabricating, via a 3D printer, a single surgical guide for placement of the one or more dental implants at the dentate and the edentulous sites.
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