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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Dentsply Implants NV, Hasselt, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DENTSPLY IMPLANTS NV, Hasselt, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/08 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/084 (2013.01); A61C 1/082 (2013.01); A61C 8/0089 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract
Surgical templates and methods of manufacture to assist in a surgical procedure such as dental implant placement, where the positioning of the surgical template onto its supporting surface is achieved through using a limited number of contact features that are located such that a force-closure or form closure positioning of the surgical template with respect to the supporting surface is achieved.