Patent ID: 9675425
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61C

Claim:
1. An apparatus for aligning a dental drill comprising: a guide body comprising a drill guide through hole having a longitudinal axis, a pair of guide pincer axes orthogonal to and symmetrical about the longitudinal axis and a pair of outer pincer axes orthogonal to and symmetrical about the longitudinal axis; a pair of opposed outer pincers, each outer pincer comprising an outer engagement protrusion, and each outer pincer is rotatable about a respective one of the pair of outer pincer axes; and, a pair of opposed guide pincers, each guide pincer comprising gear teeth and a guide engagement protrusion, and each guide pincer is rotatable about a respective one of the pair of guide pincer axes, wherein the gear teeth of each guide pincer engage the gear teeth of the other guide pincer, rotation of one of the pair of guide pincers causes rotation of the other of the pair of guide pincers and the pair of opposed outer pincers rotate independent of each other.