Patent ID: 9526593
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61C

Claim Text:
1. A surgical method for installing a dental implant in bone, said method comprising the steps of: preparing an initial treatment site, said preparing step including drilling a pilot hole into the bone, the pilot hole comprising an initial osteotomy; providing a first osteotome having a tapered working end; operatively connecting the first osteotome to a surgical motor; inserting the tapered working end of the first osteotome into the initial osteotomy; enlarging the initial osteotomy by forcibly advancing the first osteotome into the initial osteotomy to create a first enlarged osteotomy; removing the first osteotome from the first enlarged osteotomy; providing a second osteotome having a tapered working end, the tapered working end of the second osteotome being larger in diameter than the tapered working end of the first osteotome; operatively connecting the second osteotome to a surgical motor; inserting the tapered working end of the second osteotome into the first enlarged osteotomy; further enlarging the first enlarged osteotomy by forcibly advancing the second osteotome into the first enlarged osteotomy to create a second enlarged osteotomy; removing the second osteotome from the second enlarged osteotomy; the working ends of the first and second tapered osteotomes each having a plurality of longitudinally extending burnishing edges; said enlarging and further enlarging steps including continuously rotating the working ends of the respective tapered first and second osteotomes while concurrently pushing the working ends of the respective tapered first and second osteotomes into the osteotomy so that the respective burnishing edges lap against the interior surface of the respective initial and first osteotomies without cutting into the surrounding bone; and irrigating the initial osteotomy and the first enlarged osteotomy concurrently with said respective enlarging and further enlarging steps.