Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending a guide post used in forming a template for locating dental implant hole. The guide post includes at least one face on a distal end for registering the orientation of the guide post. The apparatus includes a base plate having protractor-like indicia, a supporting block attached to the base plate, the supporting block having an aperture for receiving a distal end of the guide post, and a stylus received by a proximal end of the guide post, the stylus extending towards the protractor-like indicia.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending a guide post used in forming a template for locating dental implant hole. The guide post includes at least one face on a distal end for registering the orientation of the guide post. The apparatus includes a base plate having protractor-like indicia, a supporting block attached to the base plate, the supporting block having an aperture for receiving a distal end of the guide post, and a stylus received by a proximal end of the guide post, the stylus extending towards the protractor-like indicia.

Abstract: A method for making a template for a dental implant osteotomy in an edentulous space of a patient's mandible or maxilla, and components relating thereto. The method includes the steps of forming a dental cast of the patient's mandible or maxilla, drilling a hole into the dental cast wherein the location and orientation of the hole correspond to a desired location and orientation of the dental implant osteotomy, inserting a guide post into the hole, magnetically attaching a sleeve having a longitudinal gap to the guide post, applying a molding material to a portion of the dental cast and to a portion of an outer surface of the sleeve, allowing the molding material to cure, and removing the cured template including the sleeve embedded therein from the dental cast, whereby using the template in the patient's mouth provides a guide means for drilling the osteotomy.

Abstract: An apparatus used in forming a template for locating a dental implant osteotomy in a patient's mandible or maxilla. The apparatus includes a guide post and a sleeve having a longitudinal gap. A dental cast of a patient's mandible or maxilla is formed and a hole is drilled in the dental cast wherein the location and orientation of the hole corresponds to a desired location and orientation of the dental implant osteotomy. The guide post is inserted into the hole and the sleeve is magnetically attached. A molding material is applied to a portion of the dental cast and to a portion of an outer surface of the sleeve to form the template. The template, including the sleeve embedded therein, is removed from the dental cast and is used in the patient's mouth to provide a guide means for drilling the osteotomy.

Abstract: A method for making a template for a dental implant osteotomy in an edentulous space of a patient's mandible or maxilla, and components relating thereto The method includes the steps of forming a dental cast of the patient's mandible or maxilla, drilling a hole into the dental cast wherein the location and orientation of the hole correspond to a desired location and orientation of the dental implant osteotomy, inserting a guide post into the hole, magnetically attaching a sleeve having a longitudinal gap to the guide post, applying a molding material to a portion of the dental cast and to a portion of an outer surface of the sleeve, allowing the molding material to cure, and removing the cured template including the sleeve embedded therein from the dental cast, whereby using the template in the patient's mouth provides a guide means for drilling the osteotomy.

Abstract: A method for making a template for use in a dental implant recipient's mouth whereby the template includes a guide sleeve for orienting a drill bit in a desired location and angulation for making an implant osteotomy in the recipient's maxilla or mandible. The method includes the steps of making a cast impression of the recipient's arch, drilling a hole in the cast arch substantially corresponding to the prospective osteotomy, inserting a guide post in the hole, locating a guide sleeve over the guide post; applying a resinous, template forming material on the cast arch around the guide sleeve; allowing the template material to cure to form the template; removing the guide post from the cast arch; removing the cured template from the cast arch and placing it in the patient's mouth; and radiographically visualizing the guide sleeve in the patient's mouth.