US 2026/0283745 A1 · ARCH PREPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING A FULL ARCH DENTAL RESTORATION DEVICE

Abstract

A surgical guide for placing implants in a patient's replacement arch to support a teeth-only, gingiva-free, full-arch dental restoration device may include a surgical guide body configured to temporarily, securely mate with teeth and/or gums of a patient's replacement arch and surgical guide sleeves received in the body for guiding implant placement into a corresponding number of post-extraction root sockets of the replacement arch when the surgical guide body is mated with the teeth and/or gums, wherein each surgical guide sleeve is configured to substantially align a longitudinal axis of an implant with an axis of the corresponding post-extraction root socket, and wherein each surgical guide sleeve is configured to limit a depth of an implant within the corresponding post-extraction root socket such that a collar of the implant is generally above the outer cortex layer of the bone at least partially in the gingiva layer.

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Dependent claims

A surgical guide for placing implants in a patient's replacement arch to support a teeth-only, gingiva-free, full-arch dental restoration device, the surgical guide comprising:

a surgical guide body configured to temporarily, securely mate with at least one of teeth and gums of a patient's replacement arch;
and
a plurality of surgical guide sleeves received in the body for guiding implant placement into a corresponding number of post-extraction root sockets of the patient's replacement arch when the surgical guide body is mated with the at least one of teeth and gums of a patient's replacement arch, wherein each surgical guide sleeve is configured to substantially align a longitudinal axis of an implant with an axis of the corresponding post-extraction root socket, and wherein each surgical guide sleeve is configured to limit a depth of an implant within the corresponding post-extraction root socket such that a collar of the implant is generally above the outer cortex layer of the bone at least partially in the gingiva layer.

A method of making a surgical guide for placing implants in a patient's replacement arch to support a teeth-only, gingiva-free, full-arch dental restoration device, the method comprising:

performing, with a computing device, a tooth socket implant locating step including determining, based on a digital representation of a patient's replacement arch, which of the patient's replacement arch tooth sockets are intended locations of implants for securing a teeth-only, gingiva-free, full-arch dental restoration device to the patient's replacement arch after all original teeth of the patient's replacement arch are extracted;
generating, with a computing device, a surgical guide digital design by:
performing, with a computing device, a virtual implant placement step including digitally placing each of the implants in a digital representation of the patient' replacement arch;
and
performing, with a computing device, a surgical guide design step including digitally defining a size and shape of a body of the surgical guide relative to a digital representation of the patient' replacement arch;
and
outputting, with a computing device, fabrication instructions to a fabrication machine for making a surgical guide based on the surgical guide digital design.

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Arch preparation system and method for receiving a full arch dental restoration device

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