Patent ID: 7429175

Claim:
A method for dental implant surgery comprising: placing a prefabricated implant surgical guide in the mouth of a recipient at an implant site; the prefabricated implant surgical guide consisting essentially of a single tooth-shaped contour having an apical end and a coronal end; and a post affixed to the apical end of the tooth-shaped contour, the apical end post comprising a bottom face and a marking agent on the bottom face; marking an implant osteotomy site via the marking agent on the bottom face of the apical post; drilling a hole at the osteotomy site to an initial depth; placing the prefabricated implant surgical guide apical end post into the hole at the osteotomy site, wherein the apical end post is dimensioned to fit within the hole of the osteotomy site; and verifying the positional and angular alignment of the osteotomy site upon insertion of the apical end post into the hole of the osteotomy site.