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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Tyson K. Vogel, San Diego, CA (US);
Shahram Shaun Zamani, San Diego, CA (US);
Sean B. Cahill, Temecula, CA (US);
Suneel Ranga Sai Battula, San Diego, CA (US);
Tyson K. Vogel, San Diego, CA (US);
Shahram Shaun Zamani, San Diego, CA (US);
Sean B. Cahill, Temecula, CA (US);
Suneel Ranga Sai Battula, San Diego, CA (US);
Zimmer Dental, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A dental drill guide system, including a handpiece guide which interfaces with a custom surgical guide. The custom surgical guide may be designed based on patient-specific data, such as medical images, for example, and fits conformingly over at least a portion of the patient's dentition at the implant site. The handpiece guide is attachable to an existing dental handpiece, and includes a guide protrusion that interfaces with a guide receptacle of the surgical guide to position and guide the movement of the drill along a desired trajectory. The guide receptacle may have a curved shape to allow for varying the position of the handpiece to aid surgeon access in the drilling procedure.