Patent ID: 7774084

Claim:
A method of fabricating an orthodontic surgical guide for positioning and aligning a temporary anchorage device relative to a dental arch and a temporary anchorage implant site, wherein the temporary anchorage device facilitates orthodontic tooth movement, the method comprising: receiving instructions specifying a virtual implant site for the temporary anchorage device relative to a three-dimensional digital representation of a tooth structure of a patient, wherein the virtual implant site is determined based on manipulation of a digital representation of the temporary anchorage device relative to the three-dimensional digital representation of the tooth structure within a three-dimensional modeling environment; and fabricating the orthodontic surgical guide based on data from the three-dimensional digital representation of the tooth structure and the virtual implant site, wherein the orthodontic surgical guide includes a marker positioned to align with an actual implant site for the temporary anchorage device corresponding to the virtual implant site when the orthodontic surgical guide is positioned over at least a portion of the tooth structure of the patient.