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Tooth-implant method and appliance

  • US 8,231,386 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2009
  • Issued: 07/31/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tooth-implant method comprising the steps of sequentially:

  • a) fitting to teeth adjacent an edentulous site of a jawbone a temporary bridge and providing in the bridge a guide tube oriented in alignment with a location on the site where an implant pin is to be seated;

    b) with the bridge in place and using the tube as a guide, drilling a pilot bore in the jawbone at the location;

    c) fitting the implant pin into the drilled bore;

    d) plugging the tube;

    e) leaving the bridge with the plugged tube in place at the site during an osseointegration period; and

    f) after the osseointegration period removing the bridge and replacing it with a prosthesis anchored to the implant pin.

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