Patent ID: 8967999
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. An implant mount for use with a surgical guide for installing a threaded dental implant having a non-rotational feature, the surgical guide including a structure having a negative impression capable of being placed over tissue in a patient's mouth and a master tube having a first surface attached to the structure at an opening on the negative impression, the implant mount comprising: a lower end having a mount-non-rotational feature for engaging the threaded dental implant's non-rotational feature; an upper end having a flange, the flange having a bottom surface for contacting the master tube, a top surface that is spaced away from the master tube when the bottom surface is contacting a second surface of the master tube, and a sidewall bridging the bottom surface and the top surface, the flange further having a plurality of indicia located around the circumference thereof, the plurality of indicia being located at the top surface, each of the plurality of indicia being aligned with the threaded dental implant's non-rotational feature; and a cylindrical body between the lower end and upper end, the cylindrical body rotationally engaging an inner wall of the master tube, each of the plurality of indicia being alignable with indicia on the second surface of the master tube so that the non-rotational feature of the threaded dental implant is at a known angular orientation with respect to the master tube.