Dental drill system and stop collar for preparing implant bed for implants
OwnerEmil Verbaninventor
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Abstract
A dental drill system and method for drilling a socket to a predetermined depth and diameter which is sized to receive an implant includes a first drill bit with a first bit diameter, a second drill bit with a second bit diameter, wherein the second bit diameter is greater than the first bit diameter. A stop collar is provided which includes a body with a first bore formed through the body. The first bore is adapted to receive the first drill bit. A second bore is formed coaxial with the first bore and extends a portion less than an entire length of the body, wherein the second bore is greater than the first bore and adapted to receive the second drill bit.
Claims15
A stop collar for use with one or more drill bit, comprising;
- a body including an axial bore formed through said body, wherein said axial bore has a first diameter, a counterbore formed coaxial with said axial bore and extending a portion of a length of said body, said counterbore including a second diameter, wherein said second diameter is greater than said axial bore.
A dental drill system for drilling a socket to a predetermined depth and diameter which is sized to receive an implant, comprising:
- a first drill bit including a first bit diameter;
- a second drill bit including a second bit diameter;
- said second bit diameter being greater than said first bit diameter;
- a stop collar including a body, wherein said stop collar includes a first bore formed through said body, wherein said first bore is adapted to receive said first drill bit, a second bore formed coaxial with said first bore and extending a portion less than an entire length of said body, wherein said second bore is greater than said first bore and adapted to receive said second drill bit.
A method of drilling a socket to a predetermined depth and width for placement of a dental implant therein, comprising:
- providing a pilot drill bit including a body portion including a first body diameter;
- providing a second drill bit including a body portion including a second body diameter corresponding to the predetermined width, wherein the second body diameter is greater than the first body diameter;
- providing a stop collar, the stop collar including a central bore formed along an axial length of the stop collar, wherein the central bore is sized to receive the first body diameter but not the second body diameter and a counterbore formed in a bottom end of the stop collar, wherein the counterbore is sized to receive the second body diameter;
- positioning the stop collar on the pilot drill bit with a predetermined distance between the bottom of the stop collar and a point of the pilot drill, the predetermined distance corresponding to the predetermined depth;
- drilling a pilot hole a depth equal to the predetermined depth;
- positioning the stop collar on the second drill bit at about the predetermined distance;
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- drilling the socket at the predetermined depth by stopping said socket drilling at the predetermined depth with the stop collar.
A dental drill kit for use with at least two drill bits, each drill bit having a different diameter, for drilling a socket to a predetermined depth and diameter which is sized to receive an implant, comprising:
- a plurality of stop collars, each of said plurality of stop collars including a body, wherein said stop collar includes a first bore formed through said body, wherein said first bore is adapted to receive the first drill bit, a second bore formed coaxial with said first bore and extending a portion less than an entire length of said body, wherein said second bore is greater than said first bore and adapted to receive the second drill bit and wherein each of said plurality of stop collars has a length different than lengths of the other stop collars with each length being adapted to permit a drilling depth of a predetermined distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.