Dental alignment system and method for dental implant placement
OwnerMark Elliot Palmerinventor
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Abstract
A dental alignment guide system for dental implant placement has an anatomical guide, a tooth supported guide and a surgical guide. The system further can have an articulation piece, a prosthetic seat, an analog anatomical model and artificial teeth. The system has a plurality of implants, the implants being abutments, preferably multiunit abutments, a plurality of screws for attaching the anatomical guide to bone, pins to removably attach the various guides and the artificial teeth to the anatomical guide as assemblies during the method of practicing the invention.
Claims20
A dental alignment guide system for dental implant placement comprises:
- an anatomical guide having an arch shaped structure having a first end and a second end, the arch shaped structure having a curved exterior wall and a curved interior wall extending between the ends, the interior wall formed to abut against and be secured to a portion of a labial and/or buccal side of a patient's exposed bone of the alveolar process with soft gum tissue removed or displaced by flapping, the curved exterior wall having at least one fastener openings extending through the arch shaped structure, each fastener opening configured to receive a fastener to secure the anatomical guide to the exposed bone of either the mandible or the maxilla;
- a plurality of fasteners, the plurality of fasteners are threaded screws to fasten the anatomical guide to the exposed bone, each threaded screw passing through one of the plurality of fastener openings of the anatomical guide;
- a surgical guide, the surgical guide with a curved structure having a connection;
- the curved structure having a plurality of openings extending from an outer surface toward a reduced bone surface of the alveolar process, the openings configured to receive implants or screws for seating the surgical guide, the connection extending from the curved structure to an end, each end of the connection being sized to be received and complimentarily fit into a connection aperture on the anatomical guide;
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- wherein the anatomical guide and the surgical guide when connected together form an assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.