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US 2022/0015876 A1Published application
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 method of implanting artificial teeth comprising the steps of:
- providing an arch shaped anatomical guide structure having an interior wall extending from a first end to a second end, 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;
- attaching the anatomical guide to the exposed bone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.