Patent ID: 9333058
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61C

Claim Text:
1. A number of osteotomes, n, forming a set of osteotomes, for use during a ridge expansion osteotomy to reduce crestal alveolar stress and to reduce likelihood of a crestal fracture, each said osteotome of said set comprising a conical working tip with a free end having a diameter φ An , and a working base; a first osteotome, n=1, of said set comprising said working tip formed with a first diameter, φ A1 =Y, at said free end, and with a second diameter, X, at said working base, said second diameter being larger than said first diameter, X>Y; and wherein for each successive osteotome of said set, said diameter at said free end increases linearly by a constant increment, k, and said diameter at said working base alternately increases by a constant increment, C, as a step function.