Patent ID: 8794964

Claim:
A method comprising: obtaining three-dimensional data from a surgical site; determining an axial trajectory for an implant to be placed in the surgical site based upon the three-dimensional data; and fabricating a device including a shell of single-piece construction formed to dentition around the surgical site, the shell including: a surgical guide formed of a hole in a thin layer spaced apart from the target surface when placed for use at the surgical site, wherein the hole completely surrounds the axial trajectory and aligns a tool to the axial trajectory at a point along the axial trajectory while permitting movement of the tool away from the axial trajectory at one or more points along the axial trajectory away from the thin layer, wherein the thin layer has a thickness less than a radius of the hole; an interior space along the axial trajectory formed between the thin layer and the target surface when the surgical guide is placed for use at the surgical site; a second layer including a second hole, wherein the second layer is positioned between the thin layer and the target surface and the second hole is aligned to the axial trajectory when the surgical guide is placed for use at the surgical site; a window in a side of the device for access to the interior space; and a support formed of at least one of the thin layer and the second layer and shaped according to the three-dimensional data to secure the surgical guide in relation to the surgical site.