Patent ID: 9402693
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A human third molar tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis, the tooth bud ablation procedure comprising: (a) physically seating a custom surgical stent fabricated for a specific patient having at least one surgical guide so said at least one surgical guide corresponds to at least one tooth bud surgical site, said at least one surgical stent fabricated using a process comprising: (b) using said at least one surgical guide, making a surgical access path at said at least one tooth bud surgical site; (c) using said at least one surgical guide, guiding placement of an ablation probe tip having a center of ablation so that said center of ablation is in a measured middle of a tooth bud at said at least one tooth bud surgical site; and (d) at least partially ablating at least one tooth bud, said at least one tooth bud being the tooth bud of a human third molar.