Abstract: A dental restoration technology is described. A file of a digital model of at least one tooth to undergo a dental restoration procedure is opened. A direction of a cut to be performed in the dental restoration procedure is selected. A bur is selected to be used in the dental restoration procedure. A cut line is drawn to be performed in the dental restoration procedure with the bur. A set of guide slots are generated that are remotely located laterally from the cut line. A cutting guide is modeled based in part on the digital model, the direction of the cut, the bur, the cut line, and the guide slots. A file of the cutting guide is saved.

Abstract: A dental cutting system and method for cutting a patient's tooth includes a hand piece to be held and carrying a cutting burr to cut the patient's tooth. A plurality of guide pins is attached to and extends from the hand piece of the cutting tool remote from the cutting bur. One or more cutting guides each have a cavity coinciding with at least a portion of teeth inside a patient's mouth that are adjacent to or remote from the patient's tooth to be cut. The guide pins of the handpiece slide in slots in the cutting guide to guide the cutting burr to cut the patient's tooth.

Abstract: A dental cutting system for cutting a patient's tooth comprises a cutting guide with a slot to guide a cutting tool. Opposing channels are formed in opposing walls of the slot. A sleeve is slidably disposed in the slot and has an enlarged collar slidably disposed in the opposing channels. The enlarged collar retains the sleeve in the slot with respect to an in-and-out direction and limits the sleeve to movement within and along the slot. The sleeve has a bore removably receiving the cutting tool, with the cutting tool being rotatable in the bore and slidable through the bore in the in-and-out direction, and into and out of the sleeve. The cutting tool has two transverse degrees of freedom, including laterally along the slot, and in and out of the slot and the sleeve.