Patent Document ID: 20030065259
Application ID: 09970139
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of forming a surgical splint to receive a patient's dentition and thereby align the upper jaw and the lower jaw relative to the patient's skull during surgery, comprising: generating a three-dimensional computed tomography computer model of bone structure for the patient's upper jaw, lower jaw, and at least a portion of the patient's skull; generating a digital dental computer model of the patient's dentition; combining the computed tomography computer model and the digital dental computer model to form a composite computer model; displaying the composite computer model; repositioning at least one of the upper jaw and the lower jaw relative to the patient's skull in the composite computer model to form a planned position computer model; using the desired position computer model, forming a computer model surgical splint of the patient's dentition; and forming the surgical splint from the computer model surgical splint.