Patent ID: 8714975

Claim:
A method of preparing a surgical guide for buccal-lingual (BL) and mesial-distal (MD) positioning of a dental implementation, the method comprising: positioning a positioning device relative to a jawbone adjacent an edentulous area on a model of a patient's dental arch including: translating the positioning device in a BL direction to a desired BL position axis that is in-line with the jawbone region, adjusting a BL angle of the positioning device about a BL pivot axis corresponding to a desired position of a top of the dental implementation to be positioned, the BL pivot axis being located on the BL position axis, and fixing the BL position and the BL angle of the positioning device relative to the model; and mounting a mounting assembly relative to the model, the mounting assembly including a mounting frame and an interim receiver block for receiving an upper portion of the positioning device such that the frame has a fixed BL position and BL angle relative to the positioning device, the mounting assembly being configured to receive the dental implementation.