Devices for conducting subperiosteal minimally invasive aesthetic jaw bone grafting augmentation and their use

A surgical instrument for compacting bone graft material, subperiosteal tunneling and bone grafting procedures, comprising:

• a) a handle;
• b) a shank extending from the handle;
• c) a tip provided on the shank;
• d) wherein, upon moving said handle, said shank is configured to manipulate the tip in one or more directions;
• e) wherein said tip has a thickness, and
• f) wherein said tip terminates having a blunt or rounded end;
• g) wherein said tip has a first side with a first surface and a second side with a second surface, wherein at least one of said first side first surface and said second side second surface is convex, and wherein said at least one of said first side first surface and said second side second surface that is convex converges from an axial point along the tip to the tip distal end;
• and
• h) wherein said tip has an end, and wherein said shank has markings provided thereon that indicate the depth of said marking to the tip end, and wherein said markings represent a linear measurement along a central axis of the instrument relative to the distance from the tip end, and wherein the measurement of the length taken through the center of the instrument shank and the tip portion is greater than the measurement of the distance from the tip portion to the location where the shank extends from the handle, and wherein the central axis of the instrument comprises the distance from the tip portion to the location where the shank extends from the handle.