Method of Making a Radiographic Guide and a Surgical Stent/Guide for Dental Implants
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of fabricating a radiographic guide, comprising:
- taking an impression of a patient'"'"'s dental arch;
using the impression to create a cast of a patient'"'"'s dental arch, the cast including at least one void;
using wax to interconnect a provisional implant crown to the cast, the provisional implant crown being associated with the at least one void;
applying partially-cured orthodontic acrylic resin over the cast and the provisional implant crown;
allowing the orthodontic acrylic resin to cure, which causes the provisional implant crown to bond with the orthodontic acrylic resin; and
removing the cured orthodontic acrylic resin and interconnected provisional implant crown from the cast.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A radiographic guide that can be used as a surgical guide is provided. The radiographic guide uses a provisional dental implant instead of a denture tooth or a custom made diagnostic tooth. The provisional dental implant, which can be integrated or selectively interconnected to the radiographic guide, may have a through-hole or a tapped hole that facilitates location of a dental implant. If the planned implant location is acceptable, the radiographic guide can be used as a surgical guide, wherein the hole guides surgical tools used to modify a patient'"'"'s maxilla or jaw so it can receive the implant.
3 Citations
22 Claims
-
1. A method of fabricating a radiographic guide, comprising:
-
taking an impression of a patient'"'"'s dental arch; using the impression to create a cast of a patient'"'"'s dental arch, the cast including at least one void; using wax to interconnect a provisional implant crown to the cast, the provisional implant crown being associated with the at least one void; applying partially-cured orthodontic acrylic resin over the cast and the provisional implant crown; allowing the orthodontic acrylic resin to cure, which causes the provisional implant crown to bond with the orthodontic acrylic resin; and removing the cured orthodontic acrylic resin and interconnected provisional implant crown from the cast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
-
-
7. A method of fabricating a radiographic guide that can be used as a surgical guide, comprising:
-
obtaining an impression of a patient'"'"'s dental arch; using the impression to create a cast of a patient'"'"'s dental arch, the cast including at least one void; associating at least one tooth representation with the at least one void, the at least one tooth representation having a hole; applying orthodontic acrylic resin over the cast and the at least one tooth representation; curing the orthodontic acrylic resin; and removing the cured orthodontic acrylic resin and the at least one tooth representation from the cast. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A radiographic guide, comprising:
-
a shaped member having a plurality of recesses adapted for receipt of patient'"'"'s teeth, the shaped member having an outer profile that generally corresponds to the shape of at least one of the patient'"'"'s teeth; a provisional dental implant crown positioned in one of the plurality of recesses, the provisional dental implant comprises a hole. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A method of placing a provisional implant crown into a patient'"'"'s maxilla or jaw, comprising:
-
obtaining an impression of a patient'"'"'s dental arch; using the impression to create a cast of a patient'"'"'s dental arch, the cast including a void that corresponds with an extracted tooth; associating a tooth representation with void, the tooth representation having a hole; applying orthodontic acrylic resin over the cast and the tooth representation; curing the orthodontic acrylic resin; removing the cured orthodontic acrylic resin and the at least one tooth representation from the cast; placing the radiographic guide into the patient'"'"'s mouth wherein the tooth representation is associated with the site of the extracted tooth; obtaining a radiographic image of the radiographic guide; analyzing the image to assess if the hole is positioned and aligned with an area of the patient'"'"'s maxilla or jaw that is conducive for accepting and securing a dental implant; using the radiographic guide as a surgical guide, wherein the hole is used to guide surgical tools that prepare the patient'"'"'s maxilla or jaw for receipt of an implant; interconnecting the implant to the patient'"'"'s maxilla or jaw; interconnecting an abutment to the implant; and interconnecting the provisional implant crown to the abutment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
-
Specification