Patent ID: 8574236

Claim:
A method of fixating allogeneic bone to an area of deficient bone in the jaws comprising: exposing the area of deficient bone by incising and retracting soft tissue; selecting a drill bit comprising a circular bur with a flat face cutting surface and having a diameter corresponding to the area of deficient bone to receive donor bone; selecting a drill guide having a through bore corresponding to the diameter of the selected drill bit; directing the selected drill bit through the bore of the drill guide; engaging a distal end of the drill guide against a side of the exposed area of deficient bone; contacting the selected drill bit with the side of the exposed area of deficient bone and operating rotation of the selected drill bit to form a generally cylindrical seat transversely into the side of the deficient bone for receiving the donor bone; selecting a section of donor bone having a generally cylindrical shape and circular cross-section corresponding to said formed seat; fixating the donor bone to the formed seat with at least one screw; and closing the soft tissue to cover the previously exposed area of deficient bone.