Apparatuses for dental implantation and methods for using same
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1. A template for performing a dental implantation procedure, comprising:
- a main body adapted to seat on a plurality of oral structures; and
at least one mounting point on the main body for mounting at least one drill guide;
wherein the main body is provided with at least one exposed implantation space where the dental implantation is to be performed.
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Abstract
A template for performing a dental implantation procedure, comprising: a main body adapted to seat on a plurality of oral structures, and at least one mounting point on the main body for mounting at least one drill guide, wherein the main body is provided with exposed implantation spaces where the dental implantation is to be performed.
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54 Claims
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1. A template for performing a dental implantation procedure, comprising:
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a main body adapted to seat on a plurality of oral structures; and at least one mounting point on the main body for mounting at least one drill guide; wherein the main body is provided with at least one exposed implantation space where the dental implantation is to be performed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A drill guide for performing a dental implantation procedure, comprising:
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a mounting section adapted for removably mounting the drill guide to at least one of a dental template or dental guide manipulator; a guide section adapted for passage therethrough of a drill bit; and
,a selectively flexible or rigid arm configurable with at least one of a proper position or orientation by the dental guide manipulator for performing the dental implantation procedure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A drill guide manipulator for manipulating drill guides to be used in a dental implantation procedure, comprising:
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at least one mounting seat provided to a top portion of the drill guide manipulator and adapted to mate with a mounting section of a drill guide; a manipulator rod adapted to mate with a guide section of the drill guide; an eccentric gear configuration for providing movement to the manipulator rod; and wherein movement of the manipulator rod with respect to the at least one mounting seat provides movement to the drill guide in at least two degrees of freedom. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for performing a dental implantation procedure, comprising:
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a dental template; a software programmed controller adapted to register the dental template to a patient'"'"'s anatomy and calculate a dental implantation plan which includes at least one drill guide configuration in accordance with the plan; at least one selectively flexible drill guide manipulated into the configuration in accordance with the plan and removably attached to the dental template; and
,a drill guide manipulator adapted to manipulate the at least one drill guide into the configuration in accordance with the plan using an eccentric gear configuration. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of performing a dental implantation procedure, comprising:
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making a customized dental template of a patient'"'"'s anatomy; registering the template with the patient'"'"'s anatomy, using an image of the patient'"'"'s anatomy; calculating an implantation plan including at least one proper drill guide configuration relative to the template, in accordance with the implantation plan; creating at least one drill guide so that it will be in the proper drill guide configuration when it is attached to the template, in accordance with the implantation plan using a drill guide manipulator adapted to manipulate the at least drill guide in at least two degrees of freedom; attaching the drill guide to the template such that the drill guide will be in the proper drill guide configuration relative to the template, and relative to the patient'"'"'s anatomy when the template is registered; and
,implanting at least one dental implant using the at least one drill guide, when the drill guide is attached and the template is registered. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method of making at least one drill guide using a drill guide manipulator, comprising:
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planning implant locations using a previously acquired image of a patient'"'"'s anatomy and a software programmed controller; plotting at least one of position or orientation of the at least one drill guide based on the planned implant locations; using an eccentric gear configured drill guide manipulator to create the at least one drill guide according to at least one of plotted position or orientation received from the controller; and
,curing the at least one drill guide to make it substantially rigid. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54)
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