Method and system for provisioning of dental implants and related services

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and method for dental implant and restorative services. By locating the key functions at one physical location, dental implant services are efficiently provided to patients. These functions include a treatment coordinator, a direct marketer, a restorative doctor/prosthodontist, a surgeon, an imaging area, and a dental laboratory, Further, services for dentate patients are improved by utilizing advanced dental implant methods and systems. These methods and systems include both model-based services and CT (computed tomography) guided surgery services. Using these services, improved surgical guides for dental implants are constructed.

主权项

1. A method for providing dental implant and restorative services to a patient having a dentate dental site, the method comprising the steps of:
generating a model of a patient's dentate dental site that is used to generate an imaging guide, the dentate dental site including one or more teeth to be extracted and replaced with an implant utilizing a computed tomography (CT) guided surgical guide; fabricating the CT guided surgical guide comprising the steps of:
designing and fabricating an imaging guide from thermoplastic material;adjusting the imaging guide, the adjusting comprising the steps of:
generating a modification of the model by reducing undercuts in the dentate dental site;marking the model to provide overlap in design of the imaging guide to provide imaging guide insertion and removal from the patient during CT guided imaging process;performing a first modification to the imaging guide by conforming the modified model;performing a second modification to the imaging guide by extending or trimming the imaging guide to the markings; andinstalling radiopaque gutta percha markers into the imaging guide, wherein the gutta percha markers are placed out of an axial plane of any existing metallic restorations that result in a scatter pattern on CT image data which prevents surgical planning software from properly identifying radiographic gutta percha markers when interpreting a radiographic imaging file that is used in surgical treatment planning software; andgenerating first CT scan data of the patient wearing the imaging guide, the CT scan data including bite registration data;generating second CT scan data of the imaging guide alone;loading the first CT scan data and the second CT scan data into the treatment planning software and superimposing the first CT scan data and the second CT scan data using the radiopaque gutta percha markers as references points to generate a third set of image data, wherein the third set of image data renders an image of bone, teeth, and soft tissue in relation to a position of the imaging guide; andfabricating the CT guided surgical guide utilizing the third set of image data; extracting the one or more teeth from the patient's dentate dental site; immediately performing an implant placement utilizing the CT guided surgical guide after extraction at the dentate dental site; and performing the recited steps of providing dental implant and restorative services to a patient having a dentate dental site within a single one-day appointment.