Patent ID: 8465291

Claim:
A dental patient model comprising: a jaw corresponding to a human jaw and being configured to be cut or drilled by a surgical tool to imitate a dental surgery on the jaw, the jaw including: a mandible having a mandibular bone layer defining a mandibular tooth socket, the mandibular bone layer including a mandibular cortical layer and a mandibular cancellous layer, a mandibular tooth coupled to the mandibular tooth socket, a mandibular gingival layer disposed over the mandibular bone layer, and a mandibular lip/buccal mucosa layer extending over the mandibular gingival layer; and a maxilla having a maxillary bone layer defining a maxillary tooth socket, the maxillary bone layer including a maxillary cortical layer and a maxillary cancellous layer, a maxillary tooth coupled to the maxillary tooth socket, a maxillary gingival layer disposed over the mandibular bone layer, and a maxillary lip/buccal mucosa layer extending over the maxillary gingival layer, wherein the mandibular lip/buccal mucosa layer and the maxillary lip/buccal mucosa layer form a jaw opening; and a nerve system having a simulated nerve associated with the jaw for corresponding to a human nerve, and an indicator operatively connected to the simulated nerve to indicate a condition of the simulated nerve.