US 11,980,510 B2
Bone foundation guide system and method
Daniel R. Llop, Cornelius, NC (US); Armand C. Jusuf, Reno, NV (US); and Ryan A. Spanke, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to NATIONAL DENTEX, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by NATIONAL DENTEX, LLC, Jupiter, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,853.
Application 17/351,809 is a division of application No. 16/359,089, filed on Mar. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,712,323.
Application 18/084,853 is a continuation of application No. 17/351,809, filed on Jun. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,547,527.
Application 16/359,089 is a continuation of application No. 15/062,109, filed on Mar. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,278,789, issued on May 7, 2019.
Application 15/062,109 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/921,111, filed on Oct. 23, 2015, granted, now 10,398,530, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225826 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 1/08 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 8/02 (2006.01); A61C 19/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 1/084 (2013.01) [A61C 1/085 (2013.01); A61C 8/0027 (2013.01); A61C 8/0089 (2013.01); A61C 19/05 (2013.01); A61C 8/0006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
(a) engaging a first body with a second body, the first body comprising a bone foundation guide, the second body comprising:
(i) an arched portion configured to complement a first alveolar ridge of a patient, and
(ii) a bone foundation guide engagement feature configured to engage the bone foundation guide;
(b) positioning the second body over the first alveolar ridge of the patient while the second body is coupled with the first body, the first alveolar ridge defining a first occlusal plane, the first body and the second body together defining a space such that the second body is spaced away from the first occlusal plane along an occlusal dimension and such that the second body is spaced away from the first body, a portion of the first alveolar ridge of the patient being visible in the space during the act of positioning;
(c) securing the first body relative to the first alveolar ridge of the patient while the second body is coupled with the first body, the portion of the first alveolar ridge of the patient being visible in the space during the act of securing;
(d) removing the second body from the first body after the first body is secured relative to the first alveolar ridge of the patient, leaving the first body secured relative to the first alveolar ridge of the patient; and
(e) performing one or both of bone augmentation or bone reduction on bone of the first alveolar ridge of the patient, adjacent to the first body, after removing the second body from the first body.