Patent ID: 7874838

Claim:
A dental instrument, comprising: a) a handle including first and second ends; b) a first sheet provided at said first end of said handle, said first sheet including opposite end walls sized to be positioned between two teeth and including a perforation, said first sheet configured and sized to verify whether the distance between two teeth is a minimum adequate distance for the placement of at least one implant, and center the perforation within a first edentulous space for placement of an implant within the first edentulous space, said first sheet including a first pair of stops extending laterally outward from said opposite end walls which contact the two teeth to prevent passage of the first sheet completely through the first edentulous space; and c) a second sheet provided at said first end of said handle, said second sheet including opposite end walls sized to be positioned between two teeth and including two perforations, said second sheet sized and configured such that when placed within a second edentulous space, said second sheet verifies whether the distance between two teeth is a minimum adequate distance for the placement of at least two implants, and said two perforations divides the second edentulous space for placement of two implants within the second edentulous space, said second sheet including a second pair of stops extending from said opposite end walls to prevent passage of the second sheet completely through the second edentulous space, wherein said first pair of stops do not extend laterally outward past the opposite end walls of said second sheet.