US 12,251,275 B1
Method and system for provisioning of dental implants and related services
David A. Salmassy, Auburn, CA (US)
Assigned to ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, Auburn, CA (US)
Filed by Alliance Capital Management, Auburn, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/092,003.
Application 13/078,637 is a division of application No. 12/005,909, filed on Dec. 28, 2007, abandoned.
Application 18/092,003 is a continuation of application No. 15/297,368, filed on Oct. 19, 2016, granted, now 11,583,371.
Application 15/297,368 is a continuation of application No. 13/078,637, filed on Apr. 1, 2011, granted, now 9,508,106.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/877,940, filed on Dec. 29, 2006.
Int. Cl. A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/51 (2024.01); A61C 1/08 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/107 (2006.01); A61C 13/34 (2006.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01)
CPC A61C 13/0004 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/51 (2024.01); A61C 1/084 (2013.01); A61C 8/0089 (2013.01); A61C 13/0001 (2013.01); A61C 13/34 (2013.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for placement of one or more dental implants at dentate and edentulous sites comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions which are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
importing a first scan data set and a second scan data set into a treatment planning software, wherein:
the first scan data set comprises a digital image of a patient's jaw representing hard and soft tissues of the patient's jaw including dentate and edentulous sites; and
the second scan data set of the patient's jaw comprises a computed tomography (CT) digital image;
computationally combining the first scan data set and the second scan data set to produce a third data set of image data that renders a digital image of a bone, the dentate and edentulous sites, and soft tissue of the patient;
generating a treatment plan utilizing the third data set within the treatment planning software, wherein the treatment plan comprises an implant surgical plan; and
generating a single surgical guide data set utilizing the third data set within the treatment planning software for fabrication of a single surgical guide for placement of one or more dental implants at the dentate and the edentulous sites; and
a 3D printer, wherein the 3D printer receives the single surgical guide data set and fabricates the single surgical guide for placement of the one or more dental implants at the dentate and the edentulous sites.