Patent ID: 11903791
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A dental prosthesis comprising:
a body, the body being a replacement for a missing tooth, the body having a tooth-shape and formed to replicate the tooth of a patient and to be implanted into a mouth of the patient, the body comprising a top chewing face, a bottom implanting face, and side faces;
wherein the body forms a guide hole from the top chewing face to the bottom implanting face, the guide hole forming a channel sized to guide a drill or an implant screw, and sized to closely receive at least one of a drill bit and the implant screw, to prevent the at least one of the drill bit and implant screw from straying off a path guided by the guide hole during a drilling operation in order to create a hole within a patient's bone;
the implant screw is capable of engaging and being implanted into the drilled hole through the guide hole, the implant screw attached to the body and engaged with threads within the guide hole, and the implant screw extending beyond the bottom implanting face;
a filling within the guide hole above the implant screw closing an opening of the guide hole at the top chewing face.