Patent ID: 11969305
Assignee: IBUR, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 18:
19. A method of creating a guide appliance set, comprising:
obtaining preoperative scan data of an oral structure of a patient, the preoperative scan data including a plurality of preoperative scan coordinates collected from at least one of:
a tomography of the oral structure of the patient;
a topography of the oral structure;
a topography of a dental impression of the oral structure; and
a topography of a removable prosthesis of the patient;

creating a digital, 3D preoperative model based on the preoperative scan data and a surgical plan for the patient;
creating a digital, 3D guide appliance set positionable on the digital preoperative model according to the surgical plan;
storing the digital guide appliance set in a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) compatible file format to create a CAM-ready guide appliance set file; and
manufacturing a physical production of at least a portion of the digital guide appliance set using the CAM-ready guide appliance set file;
wherein creating the digital guide appliance set includes:
creating a base frame configured to engage the oral structure of the patient without obstructing a planned surgical site region of an alveolar ridge of the patient;
creating an uppermost surface of the base frame to, at least in an area adjacent to the planned surgical site region, terminated below the alveolar ridge when the base frame is engaged with the oral structure;
creating at least one attachment that is releasably attachable to the base frame, the at least one attachment designed to facilitate performance of at least a portion of a dental surgery; and
creating the at least one attachment to be fully received in a mouth of the patient when attached to the base frame; and

wherein creating the at least one attachment includes at least one of:
creating a bone adjustment jig configured to facilitate vertically reducing at least a portion of the alveolar ridge in the surgical site region during surgery;
creating a surgical drill guide configure to facilitate drilling at least one hole at a planned dental implant site;
creating a positioning attachment configured to facilitate positioning the base frame on the oral structure at a predetermined position; and
creating a transfer jig configured to facilitate taking a positional index of installed implants.