Method of installing a final dental prosthesis

摘要

A cradle, assembly, system and method for installing a prosthesis at a surgical site. The cradle temporarily engages the prosthesis and holds it in the correct orientation and position adjacent the surgical site. An aperture is defined in the cradle and a portion of the prosthesis is received therein. In one embodiment, the cradle, assembly and system are used to install a final dental prosthesis in a patient's mouth in a single visit to the dentist's office. A securement member pins the surgical template and subsequently the cradle to the jaw. A sub-structure on the final dental prosthesis is received in the aperture in the cradle. Cylinders attached to implants anchored in the jaw extend through holes in the sub-structure and are bonded to the prosthesis. The cradle is detached from the jaw and from the prosthesis prior to screws being re-inserted through the cylinders and into the implants.

主权项

1. A method of installing a final dental prosthesis in a patient's mouth including:
fabricating the final dental prosthesis to include a sub-structure; fabricating a cradle to conform to a region of the patient's jaw; forming an aperture in the cradle that is complementary to the sub-structure; installing one or more implants in the region of the patient's jaw; engaging the sub-structure in the aperture of the cradle; placing the cradle on the region of the patient's jaw; positioning and orienting the sub-structure and thereby the final dental prosthesis relative to the one or more implants using the cradle; engaging the sub-structure with the one or more implants; removing the cradle and engaged sub-structure from the implants and the region of the patient's jaw; disengaging the sub-structure from the cradle; positioning the final dental prosthesis on the region of the patient's jaw so that the sub-structure engages the one or more implants; and securing the sub-structure and thereby the final dental prosthesis to the one or more implants.