A dental implant guidance apparatus includes a fixation plate including a contoured portion attached to a planar portion, an alignment sleeve disposed on the contoured portion, a security feature disposed on the contoured portion, and an aperture disposed on the planar portion; and a drill guidance apparatus including an engagement surface attached to an extension arm, the engagement surface configured to abut the contoured portion of the fixation plate, an alignment pin disposed on the engagement portion and configured to be inserted into the alignment sleeve, the alignment pin protruding from the engagement surface, an attachment feature disposed on the engagement portion, the attachment feature configured to couple with the security feature, and a guidance tube disposed on the extension arm, the guidance tube configured to receive an object therein through a length of the guidance tube.

Apparatus and method for installing a multi-tooth dental prosthesis in one session are shown and described. A first tool attaches to the jawbone, and serves as a foundation for subsequently used guides. Existing teeth and dental fixtures are removed, and the bone tissue is removed to accommodate the prosthesis. Subsequently, a drill guide is used to drill implant holes. An abutment guide is then used to place abutments. Copings are then installed. Next, the prosthesis may be installed and cemented to the copings. A resinous filler material may be applied to fill gaps and holes in and between the copings and the prosthesis, and is sanded smooth.

The present invention relates to dental components used for guiding the insertion of a dental implant into a desired location in a patient's mouth using a surgical guide including a master tube. The present invention includes various components that can be used with the surgical guide and during a dental procedure using the surgical guide.

Ablation probe tips (108, 148, 320, 360) and physical and virtual stents (110) for use in tooth bud ablation procedures that result in tooth agenesis as well as tooth bud ablation methods are described herein.

Apparatus and method for installing a dental prosthesis to maxillary or mandibular jawbone of a patient are shown and described. The apparatus and method include a fixation base for providing an attachment surface, where the fixation base has at least one feature that is designed to be scannable by an intraoral scanner.

Apparatus and method for installing a dental prosthesis to maxillary or mandibular jawbone of a patient are shown and described. The apparatus and method include a fixation base for providing an attachment surface and an abutment guide attachable to said fixation base in a position wherein the abutment guide is oriented to receive abutments and guide the abutments for placement on the implants. The abutment guide has at least one peg that is designed to be scannable by an intraoral scanner and is designed as a positioning structure that allows a dental prosthesis to be releasably attached to the abutment guide in a specific position.

A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site, the body being further contoured accept and to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and as well as to alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide; the dental implant surgical guide; and a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body.

A protocol for preparing and fitting a prosthetic in a prosthetic field of a patient using pre-surgical fiducial markers comprises obtaining pre-surgical physiologic data of the patient sufficient to create a base patient image of the prosthetic field; determining fiducial marker placement and placing fiducial markers in the determined fiducial marker placement in physiologic structure within the prosthetic field which is unchanged by planned surgery; optionally obtaining pre-surgical physiologic data of the patient with the fiducial markers in place sufficient to create a base patient image of the prosthetic field with fiducial markers; performing surgery; obtaining post-surgical physiologic data of the patient with the fiducial markers sufficient to create a post-surgical patient image of the prosthetic field with fiducial markers; manufacturing and fitting a final prosthetic based upon post-surgical patient image of the prosthetic field with fiducial markers. Registration images useful for the protocol are disclosed.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems, devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems, devices and methods for displaying, placing, fitting, sizing, selecting, aligning, moving a virtual implant on a physical anatomic structure of a patient and, optionally, modifying or changing the displaying, placing, fitting, sizing, selecting, aligning, moving, for example based on kinematic information.

Apparatus and method for installing a multi-tooth dental prosthesis in one session are shown and described. A first tool attaches to the jawbone, and serves as a foundation for subsequently used guides. Existing teeth and dental fixtures are removed, and the bone tissue is removed to accommodate the prosthesis. Subsequently, a drill guide is used to drill implant holes. An abutment guide is then used to place abutments. Copings are then installed. Next, the prosthesis may be installed and cemented to the copings. A resinous filler material may be applied to fill gaps and holes in and between the copings and the prosthesis, and is sanded smooth.