摘要 |
A system for implanting a temporary anchorage device (24) in a jaw bone of a patient makes use of a digital representation of at least a portion of the patient's dental arch (10), including teeth and corresponding roots, in order to select a temporary anchorage device (TAD) implant site (25) that does not interfere with a tooth root. A surgical guide (30) relates the information from the digital representation to an actual location in the patient's jaw bone. The surgical guide is formed to fit over at least a portion of the occlusal, buccal, labial, and/or lingual surfaces of the dental arch proximate to the selected TAD implant site and includes a physical and/or visual marker (34) that indicates the selected TAD implant site. |