CT-based, side-loading surgical and laboratory dental implant guide system and method

摘要

One possible embodiment of the invention could be a dental surgical guide and a methodology of operating same, the dental surgical guide having a body with a set of walls, a top portion, and a bottom portion and at least one open-sided channel, the open-sided channel continuously connects an opening of the one of the set of walls to the top portion and the bottom portion; and at least one master grommet, the master grommet having a hollow grommet interior that continuously connects a side opening, a top aperture and a bottom aperture; wherein the open-sided master grommet is placed within a respective open-sided channel to allow a dental tooling head to be placed into the master grommet through the master grommet's side opening.

主权项

1. A dental surgical guide system comprising:
(A) a body with a set of walls, a top portion, and a bottom portion and at least one open-sided channel, the open-sided channel that continuously connects an opening of one wall from the set of walls to an opening of the top portion and to an opening of the bottom portion; and (B) at least one master grommet, the master grommet having a hollow grommet interior that continuously connects a side opening, a top aperture and a bottom aperture; (C) at least one tooling head, the tooling head having a channel that opens to and connects a top and a bottom of the tooling head, the tooling head lacking a side aperture that connects to the channel, wherein a dental implant appliance enters into the channel by being loaded into the tooling head through either the top or the bottom of the tooling head, the tooling head controlling telemetry and axes of the dental implant appliance's positioning into a surgical site; wherein the open-sided master grommet is placed within a respective open-sided channel to allow a dental tooling head to be placed into the master grommet through the master grommet's side opening, the tooling head engaging the master grommet in a manner that prevents the tooling head from rotating within the master grommet, the master grommet in combination with the tooling head further forms a ring of dimples radially disposed around a top aperture of the tooling head; the ring of dimples acting in conjunction with a dental implant appliance movably held by the tooling head limits the operational depth and rotation of the dental implant appliance in relation to the dental surgical guide or in relation to the tooling head or in relation to an implant surgical area analogue of a model of a patient's mouth by positively locking in the dental implant appliance into the ring of dimples.