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US 2014/0272793 A1Published application
Dental implant instrumentation and methods
AssigneeGrant Dental Technology Corporation
InventorsJames Grant, Bradley William Renehan, Duncan Stewart
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention described herein include various instrumentation components designed to install a dental implant. They are provided in order to secure a base platform and to accurately prepare a central opening which receives an implant screw that secures the base platform to the patient's jawbone.
Claims15
A platform guide, comprising:
- a guide member having a top, a bottom, and an outer periphery, wherein the guide member is sized and shaped to be placed over an implant site of a patient's jawbone, wherein the guide member defines a space that extends between the top and the bottom, wherein the space defines an interior edge that guides a rotatable cutting tool to create a recess in the patient's jawbone, wherein the space is sized and shaped to match the size and shape of a base platform that is to be subsequently inserted into the jawbone after creation of the recess;
- at least one arm extending upwardly from the guide member, wherein the arm is configured to be grasped by a grasping tool to facilitate placement of the guide at the implant site.
A drill guide, comprising:
- a drill guide body having a top, a bottom, and an outer periphery, wherein the drill guide body is sized and shaped to be placed into a previously-formed recess in a patient's jawbone, wherein the drill guide body defines a through hole that extends between the top and the bottom, wherein the through hole is configured to receive a drill bit to create a hole in a central portion of the recess in the patient's jawbone, and wherein the drill guide body is sized and shaped to match the size and shape of the recess;
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- at least one arm extending upwardly from the drill guide body, wherein the arm is configured to be grasped by a grasping tool to facilitate placement of the drill guide into the recess.
A dental system, comprising:
- an implant guide comprising:
- a guide member having a top, a bottom, and an outer periphery, wherein the guide member is sized and shaped to be placed over an implant site of a patient's jawbone, wherein the guide member defines a space that extends between the top and the bottom, wherein the space defines an interior edge that guides a rotatable cutting tool to create a recess in the patient's jawbone, wherein the space is sized and shaped to match the size and shape of a base platform that is to be subsequently inserted into the jawbone after creation of the recess;
- at least one arm extending upwardly from the guide member, wherein the arm is configured to be grasped by a grasping tool to facilitate placement of the guide at the implant site;
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- a drill guide comprising:
- a drill guide body having a top, a bottom, and an outer periphery, wherein the drill guide body is sized and shaped to be placed into the previously-formed recess in the patient's jawbone, wherein the drill guide body defines a through hole that extends between the top and the bottom, wherein the through hole is configured to receive a drill bit to create a hole in a central portion of the recess in the patient's jawbone, and wherein the drill guide body is sized and shaped to match the size and shape of the recess;
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- at least one arm extending upwardly from the drill guide body, wherein the arm is configured to be grasped by a grasping tool to facilitate placement of the drill guide into the recess.
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A platform holder, comprising:
- a platform body defining a central opening that is sized and shaped to permit an implant screw to be inserted through the opening;
- at least one peg extending from the platform body, wherein the peg is configured to be inserted into an opening in a base platform that is to be placed into a recess in a patient's jawbone;
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- at least one grasping element extending from the platform body to facilitate grasping of the platform holder with a grasping tool.
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A dental method, comprising:
- grasping a guide member having a top, a bottom, and an outer periphery, wherein the guide member defines a space that extends between the top and the bottom;
- placing the guide member over an implant site of a patient's jawbone;
- placing a rotatable cutting tool into the space, and while the cutting tool is rotating, removing portions of the patient's jawbone defined by the space, wherein the space further defines an interior edge that guides the rotatable cutting tool to create a recess in the patient's jawbone corresponding to the space, and wherein the space is sized and shaped to match the size and shape of a base platform that is to be subsequently inserted into the jawbone after creation of the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.