DENTAL CUTTING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH REMOTE CUTTING GUIDE

摘要

A dental cutting system and method for cutting a patient's tooth includes a hand piece to be held and carrying a cutting burr to cut the patient's tooth. A plurality of guide pins is attached to and extends from the hand piece of the cutting tool remote from the cutting bur. One or more cutting guides each have a cavity coinciding with at least a portion of teeth inside a patient's mouth that are adjacent to or remote from the patient's tooth to be cut. The guide pins of the handpiece slide in slots in the cutting guide to guide the cutting burr to cut the patient's tooth.

主权项

1. A dental cutting system for cutting a patient's tooth, the system comprising:
a) at least one cutting guide having at least one cavity configured to match at least a portion of at least one of a patient's teeth inside a patient's mouth adjacent to or remote from the patient's tooth to be cut; b) a plurality of slots in the cutting guide extending from an exterior of the cutting guide into the cutting guide; c) each of the plurality of slots having a cross-sectional shape transverse to a longitudinal length of the slot with a narrower exterior and an enlarged interior; d) a handpiece configured to be held and carrying a cutting tool with a cutting burr configured to cut the patient's tooth; e) a plurality of guide pins attached to and extending from the handpiece and located laterally and/or longitudinally remote from the cutting bur with respect to the handpiece; f) each of the plurality of guide pins having a narrower neck and an enlarged head; and g) the plurality of guide pins being slidable in the plurality of slots to guide the cutting burr with respect to the patient's tooth to be cut.