| CPC A61C 1/084 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0095 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
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1. A dental restoration device arch preparation method for replacing a full arch with a teeth-only, gingiva-free, full-arch dental restoration device having a plurality of integrally formed teeth portions and first, second, third, and fourth abutment holes, each abutment hole having a longitudinal axis that is substantially coaxially aligned with a tooth axis of a corresponding tooth portion of the plurality of integrally formed teeth portions and a tooth socket axis of a corresponding post-extraction tooth socket when the corresponding tooth portion is engaged with the corresponding post-extraction tooth socket, comprising:
performing, with a computing device, a tooth socket implant locating step including determining, based on a digital representation of a patient's replacement arch, first, second, third, and fourth tooth sockets of the patient's replacement arch that are intended locations of first, second, third, and fourth straight implants, respectively, for securing a teeth-only, gingiva-free, full-arch dental restoration device to the patient's replacement arch after all original teeth of the patient's replacement arch are extracted, wherein each of the replacement arch tooth sockets designated as intended locations of straight implants are adjacent to a replacement arch tooth socket that is not designated as an intended location of a straight implant;
extracting any teeth in the first, second, third, and fourth tooth sockets of the patient's replacement arch, wherein each tooth is extracted in a manner that substantially maintains the original alveolar bone and original keratinized gingiva of the patient's replacement arch;
placing a body of a surgical guide against at least one of teeth remaining in the patient's replacement arch and against gums of the patient's replacement arch such that first, second, third, and fourth surgical guide sleeves located in the body of the surgical guide are aligned with the first, second, third, and fourth tooth sockets of the patient's replacement arch, wherein each of the surgical guide sleeves is an elongated cylindrical shape and has a center longitudinal axis that is substantially aligned with an axis of the corresponding tooth socket when the surgical guide body is mated with the at least one of teeth and gums of a patient's replacement arch;
inserting the first, second, third, and fourth straight implants into the first, second, third, and fourth surgical guide sleeves;
placing each of the first, second, third, and fourth straight implants into the first, second, third, and fourth tooth sockets of the patient's replacement arch, respectively, with a surgical implant tool such that a longitudinal axis of each straight implant is substantially aligned with an axis of the corresponding tooth socket, wherein when placing each of the first, second, third, and fourth straight implants into the first, second, third, and fourth tooth sockets of the patient's replacement arch, respectively, a portion of the surgical implant tool engages a depth limiting feature of the surgical guide such that when the straight implant is placed in the corresponding tooth socket, a collar of each straight implant is generally above an outer cortex layer of bone at least partially in a gingiva layer of the corresponding tooth socket; and
extracting any remaining teeth of the patient's replacement arch in a manner that substantially maintains the patient's original alveolar bone and original keratinized gingiva of the patient's replacement arch.
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