Implant hole guide - Pending Dental Patent Applications

Implant hole guide
United States Patent Application 20040013999
Kind Code A1
Sussman, Harold I. January 22, 2004
Inventors: Sussman, Harold I.; (Scarsdale, NY)
Correspondence Name and Address: NOTARO AND MICHALOS
100 DUTCH HILL ROAD
SUITE 110
ORANGEBURG
NY
10962-2100
US
Serial No.: 615135
Series Code: 10
Filed: July 8, 2003
Abstract
An implant hole guide is used in drilling a hole in jaw bone for a dental implant. A bar of the guide has opposite ends and opposite surfaces, one being adapted to engage a jaw bone adjacent the site of a hole to be drilled. A guide bore extends in the bar adjacent one end for guiding the drill. First and second guide posts extend from the opposite surfaces of the bar adjacent the other end. The posts are parallel to the bore and are spaced from the bore by a minimum center-to-center implant distance sufficient to maintain at least 3 mm of jaw bone between adjacent implant receiving holes in the jaw bone.