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Cortical drilling

  • US 8,702,423 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2011
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • advancing a drill having a distal end through an occlusal cortex into trabecular bone of an alveolar ridge; and

    ceasing the advancing of the drill when the distal end of the drill reaches an occlusal surface of a superior cortex of the alveolar ridge, wherein the drill is a first drill, and further comprising, after ceasing the advancing, cutting into the superior cortex using a distal cutting surface of a cortex drill separate from the first drill, which cortex drill is shaped so as to define a shaft and a cutting protrusion that (a) is coaxial with the shaft and (b) defines at least the distal cutting surface.

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