US3414975A - Drill guide for mandibular staples and staple construction - Google Patents

Drill guide for mandibular staples and staple construction Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3414975A
US3414975A US596198A US59619866A US3414975A US 3414975 A US3414975 A US 3414975A US 596198 A US596198 A US 596198A US 59619866 A US59619866 A US 59619866A US 3414975 A US3414975 A US 3414975A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
jaw
mandibular
drill guide
staple
staples
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US596198A
Inventor
Irwin A Small
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Priority to US596198A priority Critical patent/US3414975A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3414975A publication Critical patent/US3414975A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/16—Bone cutting, breaking or removal means other than saws, e.g. Osteoclasts; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans
    • A61B17/17—Guides or aligning means for drills, mills, pins or wires
    • A61B17/1739—Guides or aligning means for drills, mills, pins or wires specially adapted for particular parts of the body
    • A61B17/176—Guides or aligning means for drills, mills, pins or wires specially adapted for particular parts of the body for the jaw
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C1/00—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design
    • A61C1/08—Machine parts specially adapted for dentistry
    • A61C1/082—Positioning or guiding, e.g. of drills
    • A61C1/084—Positioning or guiding, e.g. of drills of implanting tools
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C8/00—Means to be fixed to the jaw-bone for consolidating natural teeth or for fixing dental prostheses thereon; Dental implants; Implanting tools
    • A61C8/0018—Means to be fixed to the jaw-bone for consolidating natural teeth or for fixing dental prostheses thereon; Dental implants; Implanting tools characterised by the shape
    • A61C8/003—Transmandibular implants
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/28—Bones
    • A61F2/2803—Bones for mandibular reconstruction

Definitions

  • the present invention is particularly directed to a drill jig to be used for guiding a drill for making apertures through a mandibular jaw at symmetrically arranged points, said bores through the jaw adapted to receive the U-shaped mandibular staple over the free ends of which are threaded nuts which project above the said jaw adapted to be interlockingly nested and received within under-cut apertures within a removable denture for anchoring the denture against lodgement.
  • the present invention relates to a drill guide for mandibular staples and for the mandibular staple used therewith.
  • the present invention is directed to a drill guide or jig bore for mandibular staples to provide an accurate means for guiding the drilling of apertures through a mandible jaw be it human or animal, which apertures once drilled, are adapted to receive a mandibular staple with fastening means thereon which retainingly engage the jaw and which provide a means for interlock with a denture removably mounted upon said jaw.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present drill guide shown in exploded relation with respect to a mandibular jaw and a drill used with the said drill guide, fragmentarily shown.
  • FIG. 2 is a front elevational view illustrating the present mandibular staple as assembled upon and to the mandibular jaw and with the removable denture shown in dotted lines, portions of the mandibular staple as cutaway being shown for illustration of the process.
  • FIG. 3 is a partly sectional plan view of the present drill guide.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary section taken in the direction of arrows 44 of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the present mandibular staple before assembly and cutting off.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a human mandible jaw which could also be for an animal which is dentureless and is adapted to receive a removable lower plate such as designated at 12, FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 2 Mounted upon the mandible jaw 11 is the present mandibular staple generally indicated at 13, FIG. 2.
  • Said staple is of U-sha-pe including the bite 14 adapted to underly the mandible jaw when assembled, FIG. 2, and which includes free end portions 15, FIGS. 2 and 5, which are threaded at 16 to receive the removable irregularly shaped nuts 17, FIGS. 2 and 5.
  • Said free ends after assembly of said nuts, FIG. 2 are cut off leaving the throw-away portions 36 FIG. 2.
  • End portions of the staple are stone ground or otherwise smoothened, or maybe distorted if desired to anchor the nuts against loosening once assembled so as to operatively engage the upper surface of the mandibular jaw 11, FIG. 2. Shown in FIG.
  • a spanner 18 whose ends are socketed as at 19, of a polygonal shape, for example, in order to cooperatively register over and to interlockingly engage the respective nuts 17, to anchor the same against unloosening, the said spanner 18 being interposed below the removable denture 12, shown in dotted lines, FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 1 it is the drilling of the apertures 21 within the mandibular jaw 11 which presents the most significant problem, primarily because it is essential that the bores 21 through the jaw be accurately located symmetrically with respect to the jaw centerline inwardly of the conventional nerve centers 20 schematically shown in FIG. 1.
  • the present drill guide or drill jig generally indicated at 22, FIG. 1 which provides a means of accurately locating the drill before the apertures 21 are formed within the mandibular jaw.
  • the present drill guide 22 includes an elongated body 23 preferably of stainless steel or other inert material, which may be a plastic substance or some alloy, as for example a chromium or molybdenum alloy for illustration.
  • the body 23 has formed therethrough a series of pairs of symetrically arranged and spaced jig bores 24, there being an inner pair as shown in FIG. 3 which are symetrically arranged with respect to the connecting arm 26 and an outer parallel spaced pair of bores 24 which are spaced from each other a distance different from the spacing between the inner pair of bores 24 as best shown in FIG. 3.
  • Arm 26 which projects centrally from the body 23 terminates in the transverse elongated rod support 27 secured thereto and parallel with body 23 and including formed therethrough corresponding pairs of spaced symmetrically arranged parallel slots 28, each of the said slots 28 being opposed from and parallel to a corresponding bore 24 in a symmetrical relationship.
  • the respective parallel elongated slots 28 are of U- shape in cross-section and open outwardly of the end face of the support 27 and the retaining plate 29 is mounted over said rod support 27 and secured thereto by fasteners 30 for the purpose of anchoring the U-shape director rod 31 within one of the: said slots 28 as hereafter described.
  • Said director rod is of general U-s-hape, FIGS. 1 and 4, includes bite 32, long arm 33 and short arm 35.
  • the long arm, FIG. 4 is cutaway to provide a flattened portion 34 adapted for cooperative registry with the retaining plate 29 in the assembly shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 and to facilitate longitudinal adjustment of the said 10- cator rod with respect to the rod support 27.
  • the lower end of the short arm 35 of said director rod is adapted for vertical registry, FIG. 1 with a pre-selected point marked in some manner upon the mandibular jaw 11 upon the interior thereof, which is to be the axis or correspond to the axis for the drilling of a proper bore through said jaw as shown at 21 for receiving the mandibular staple 13.
  • the locator rod is manually adjusted and locked with respect to the drill guide assembly so that the short arm 35 of the director rod is in registry with the exact location which has been marked upon the interior of the mandibular jaw for the drilling of a suitable bore therethrough such as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the corresponding jig bore 24 is adapted to serve as the guide for drill 25 located in direct axial registry with short arm 35 and the said marking on the jaw. This guarantees that when drilling occurs using the body 23 and the corresponding aperture 24 as a jig, the drilling up through the undersurface of the mandible jaw will be accurate.
  • the present construction provides for symmetrical arrangement of the respective bores 24 and the respective slots 28 so that once the particular symmetrical markings have been made upon the mandibular jaw 11, FIG. 1, inwardly of the nerve endings to avoid problems, it becomes a simple matter to use the drill through the corresponding bore 24 in said body for securing the first aperture therethrough as indicated at 21, FIG. 1.
  • the same or a ditferent drill may be applied to the corresponding other spaced symmetrical bore 24 for drilling of the second aperture 21 through the mandible jaw.
  • Said apertures are adapted to coperatively receive the free ends 16 of staple 13 .of FIG. 2.
  • the said denture 12 will have a pair of similarly and symmetrically arranged under-cut apertures adapted to cooperatively receive the projecting nuts 17 to thus anchor the denture against accidental displacement with respect to jaw 11.
  • the nuts 17 are tapered and quadrangular with an undercut lower border 37 to protect the soft tissue of the gum around the pin.
  • the quadrangular and tapered contour will allow for positive seating in removable denture 12.
  • a drill guide for mandibular staples comprising;
  • an elongated rod support secured on said arm parallel to said body and including a pair of spaced symmetrically arranged parallel slots, each slot opposed from and parallel to a corresponding bore;
  • U-shaped director rod having a long arm adjustable nested and secured within a slot and a short arm spaced from and in axial registry with a corresponding bore; said director rod being so adjusted on said support that the end of its short arm is in registry with a predetermined point on one side of a mandible jaw through which a bore is to be drilled; a corresponding jig bore being in axial registry therewith upon the opposite side of said jaw, adapted to guidably receive a drill.
  • a pair of symetrically arranged points for drilling through said jaw being pre-selected corresponding to and adapted for registry with said jig bores respectively;
  • said director rod being selectively nested and secured in one of said slots.
  • the securing of said director rod including a retainer plate removably secured to said rod support over said slots.

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Dentistry (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Dental Tools And Instruments Or Auxiliary Dental Instruments (AREA)

Description

Dec. 10, 1968 A. SMALL 3,414,975
DRILL GUIDE FOR MANDIBULAR STAPLES AND STAPLE CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 22, 1966 INVENTOR IRWIN A. SMALL ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,414,975 DRILL GUIDE FOR MANDIBULAR STAPLES AND STAPLE CONSTRUCTION Irwin A. Small, 6861 Orinoco Circle, Birmingham, Mich. 48010 Filed Nov. 22, 1966, Ser. No. 596,198 6 Claims. (Cl. 32--2) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention is particularly directed to a drill jig to be used for guiding a drill for making apertures through a mandibular jaw at symmetrically arranged points, said bores through the jaw adapted to receive the U-shaped mandibular staple over the free ends of which are threaded nuts which project above the said jaw adapted to be interlockingly nested and received within under-cut apertures within a removable denture for anchoring the denture against lodgement.
The present invention relates to a drill guide for mandibular staples and for the mandibular staple used therewith.
Disclosure The present invention is directed to a drill guide or jig bore for mandibular staples to provide an accurate means for guiding the drilling of apertures through a mandible jaw be it human or animal, which apertures once drilled, are adapted to receive a mandibular staple with fastening means thereon which retainingly engage the jaw and which provide a means for interlock with a denture removably mounted upon said jaw.
Heretofore in the use of dentures of the removable nature and particularly with reference to the lower mandible jaw natural suction or cohesion is often reduced due to the age and wasting away of the jaw bone tissue. Various efforts have been employed to provide a means for anchoring the lower removable denture against accidental dislodgement.
The use of adhesives or mechanical devices heretofore attempted have been ineffective and inefiicient for the intended purpose and accordingly it is the objective of the present invention to provide for the use of a mandibular staple which is actually secured to the mandible jaw beneath the subcutaneous tissue, and which once secured in place by a pair of nuts is so arranged that the nuts themselves are adapted to be interlockingly nested within undercut apertures within a removable denture for anchoring the denture against accidental displacement with respect to the jaw.
These and other objects will be seen from the following specification and claims in conjunction with the appended drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present drill guide shown in exploded relation with respect to a mandibular jaw and a drill used with the said drill guide, fragmentarily shown.
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view illustrating the present mandibular staple as assembled upon and to the mandibular jaw and with the removable denture shown in dotted lines, portions of the mandibular staple as cutaway being shown for illustration of the process.
FIG. 3 is a partly sectional plan view of the present drill guide.
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary section taken in the direction of arrows 44 of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the present mandibular staple before assembly and cutting off.
It will be understood that the above drawing illustrates merely a preferred embodiment of the invention and that Patented Dec. 10, 1968 other embodiments are contemplated within the scope of the claims hereafter set forth.
Referring to the drawing FIGS. 1 and 2 show a human mandible jaw which could also be for an animal which is dentureless and is adapted to receive a removable lower plate such as designated at 12, FIG. 2.
Mounted upon the mandible jaw 11 is the present mandibular staple generally indicated at 13, FIG. 2. Said staple is of U-sha-pe including the bite 14 adapted to underly the mandible jaw when assembled, FIG. 2, and which includes free end portions 15, FIGS. 2 and 5, which are threaded at 16 to receive the removable irregularly shaped nuts 17, FIGS. 2 and 5. Said free ends after assembly of said nuts, FIG. 2 are cut off leaving the throw-away portions 36 FIG. 2. End portions of the staple are stone ground or otherwise smoothened, or maybe distorted if desired to anchor the nuts against loosening once assembled so as to operatively engage the upper surface of the mandibular jaw 11, FIG. 2. Shown in FIG. 2 is a spanner 18 whose ends are socketed as at 19, of a polygonal shape, for example, in order to cooperatively register over and to interlockingly engage the respective nuts 17, to anchor the same against unloosening, the said spanner 18 being interposed below the removable denture 12, shown in dotted lines, FIG. 2.
Referring to FIG. 1 it is the drilling of the apertures 21 within the mandibular jaw 11 which presents the most significant problem, primarily because it is essential that the bores 21 through the jaw be accurately located symmetrically with respect to the jaw centerline inwardly of the conventional nerve centers 20 schematically shown in FIG. 1.
For this purpose there is provided the present drill guide or drill jig generally indicated at 22, FIG. 1 which provides a means of accurately locating the drill before the apertures 21 are formed within the mandibular jaw.
The present drill guide 22 includes an elongated body 23 preferably of stainless steel or other inert material, which may be a plastic substance or some alloy, as for example a chromium or molybdenum alloy for illustration. The body 23 has formed therethrough a series of pairs of symetrically arranged and spaced jig bores 24, there being an inner pair as shown in FIG. 3 which are symetrically arranged with respect to the connecting arm 26 and an outer parallel spaced pair of bores 24 which are spaced from each other a distance different from the spacing between the inner pair of bores 24 as best shown in FIG. 3.
Arm 26 which projects centrally from the body 23 terminates in the transverse elongated rod support 27 secured thereto and parallel with body 23 and including formed therethrough corresponding pairs of spaced symmetrically arranged parallel slots 28, each of the said slots 28 being opposed from and parallel to a corresponding bore 24 in a symmetrical relationship.
The respective parallel elongated slots 28 are of U- shape in cross-section and open outwardly of the end face of the support 27 and the retaining plate 29 is mounted over said rod support 27 and secured thereto by fasteners 30 for the purpose of anchoring the U-shape director rod 31 within one of the: said slots 28 as hereafter described.
Said director rod is of general U-s-hape, FIGS. 1 and 4, includes bite 32, long arm 33 and short arm 35. The long arm, FIG. 4 is cutaway to provide a flattened portion 34 adapted for cooperative registry with the retaining plate 29 in the assembly shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 and to facilitate longitudinal adjustment of the said 10- cator rod with respect to the rod support 27.
In use the lower end of the short arm 35 of said director rod is adapted for vertical registry, FIG. 1 with a pre-selected point marked in some manner upon the mandibular jaw 11 upon the interior thereof, which is to be the axis or correspond to the axis for the drilling of a proper bore through said jaw as shown at 21 for receiving the mandibular staple 13.
For this purpose the locator rod is manually adjusted and locked with respect to the drill guide assembly so that the short arm 35 of the director rod is in registry with the exact location which has been marked upon the interior of the mandibular jaw for the drilling of a suitable bore therethrough such as shown in FIG. 1. So located and due to the symmetry of construction the corresponding jig bore 24 is adapted to serve as the guide for drill 25 located in direct axial registry with short arm 35 and the said marking on the jaw. This guarantees that when drilling occurs using the body 23 and the corresponding aperture 24 as a jig, the drilling up through the undersurface of the mandible jaw will be accurate.
The present construction provides for symmetrical arrangement of the respective bores 24 and the respective slots 28 so that once the particular symmetrical markings have been made upon the mandibular jaw 11, FIG. 1, inwardly of the nerve endings to avoid problems, it becomes a simple matter to use the drill through the corresponding bore 24 in said body for securing the first aperture therethrough as indicated at 21, FIG. 1.
Once the first aperture has been completed through the mandible jaw, by retaining the short arm in the position shown in FIG. 1 the same or a ditferent drill may be applied to the corresponding other spaced symmetrical bore 24 for drilling of the second aperture 21 through the mandible jaw. Said apertures are adapted to coperatively receive the free ends 16 of staple 13 .of FIG. 2.
As a final step once the apertures 21 have been properly drilled through the mandible jaw, it being understood that the subcutaneous tissue prior to drilling has been cut away and turned back, the staple 13 is properly assembled, as shown in FIG. 2 through the said apertures 21. The nuts 17, are threaded thereover into cooperative retaining registry with a top portion of jaw 11, FIG. 2. After this the free ends 36 are cut away as shown in FIG. 2 so as to be flush with the upper ends of nuts 17.
It is contemplated in the present construction that the said denture 12 will have a pair of similarly and symmetrically arranged under-cut apertures adapted to cooperatively receive the projecting nuts 17 to thus anchor the denture against accidental displacement with respect to jaw 11.
The nuts 17 are tapered and quadrangular with an undercut lower border 37 to protect the soft tissue of the gum around the pin. The quadrangular and tapered contour will allow for positive seating in removable denture 12.
Having described my invention reference should now be had to the following claims. I claim:
1. A drill guide for mandibular staples comprising;
an elongated body having a pair of spaced symmetrically arranged parallel jig bores;
an arm on and projecting from said body;
an elongated rod support secured on said arm parallel to said body and including a pair of spaced symmetrically arranged parallel slots, each slot opposed from and parallel to a corresponding bore;
and a U-shaped director rod having a long arm adjustable nested and secured within a slot and a short arm spaced from and in axial registry with a corresponding bore; said director rod being so adjusted on said support that the end of its short arm is in registry with a predetermined point on one side of a mandible jaw through which a bore is to be drilled; a corresponding jig bore being in axial registry therewith upon the opposite side of said jaw, adapted to guidably receive a drill.
2. In the drill guide for mandibular staples of claim 1, a pair of symetrically arranged points for drilling through said jaw being pre-selected corresponding to and adapted for registry with said jig bores respectively;
whereby the other jig bore is automatically located relative to said jaw to guidably receive a drill for a second bore therethrough.
3. In the drill guide of claim 1, there being a second pair of spaced symmetrically arranged parallel jig bores in said body at a diiferent spacing than said first pair of jig bores;
there being a second corresponding pair of spaced symmetrically arranged parallel slots in said rod support, each opposed from. and parallel to a corresponding second bore;
said director rod being selectively nested and secured in one of said slots.
4. In the drill guide of claim 1, said rod support slots opening laterally outward;
the securing of said director rod including a retainer plate removably secured to said rod support over said slots.
5. In the drill guide of claim 4, portions of said long arm being flat.
6. The method of locating and retaining a removable denture upon a mandible jaw which comprises:
(1) accurately drilling a pair of spaced bores through a mandible jaw;
(2) projecting the free ends of a U-shaped mandibular staple through said bores into snug engagement with said jaw;
(3) threading fasteners over the free ends of said staple into cooperative retaining registry with said jaw; and
(4) mounting a preformed apertured denture upon said jaw and snugly nesting said fasteners into the denture apertures.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 744,292 11/1903 Carr 32-2 1,312,141 8/1919 Slack 32-10 3,120,136 2/1964 Bieker 77--32.2
LOUIS G. MANCENE, Primary Examiner.
ROBERT PESHOCK, Assistant Examiner.
US. Cl. X.R. 77--62; 3240
US596198A 1966-11-22 1966-11-22 Drill guide for mandibular staples and staple construction Expired - Lifetime US3414975A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US596198A US3414975A (en) 1966-11-22 1966-11-22 Drill guide for mandibular staples and staple construction

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US596198A US3414975A (en) 1966-11-22 1966-11-22 Drill guide for mandibular staples and staple construction

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3414975A true US3414975A (en) 1968-12-10

Family

ID=24386351

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US596198A Expired - Lifetime US3414975A (en) 1966-11-22 1966-11-22 Drill guide for mandibular staples and staple construction

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US3414975A (en)

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2540077A1 (en) * 1974-09-25 1976-04-08 Kyoto Ceramic IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
US4225668A (en) * 1977-12-16 1980-09-30 Bartoli Gian V Blade endo-osseous apparatus for dental plates, and fixing method therefor
FR2464061A1 (en) * 1979-08-27 1981-03-06 Weissman Bernard DENTAL CONTENT RIDER AND METHOD FOR REINFORCING AND FIXING A MOBILE TOOTH
US4303391A (en) * 1979-08-27 1981-12-01 Ipco Corporation Dental bore-locating guide
US4355979A (en) * 1979-08-27 1982-10-26 Ipco Corporation Lingual dental splint device
US4917604A (en) * 1988-04-20 1990-04-17 Small Irwin A Compression staple, method and apparatus for insertion of same
EP0774238A1 (en) 1995-11-17 1997-05-21 John G. Knapp Drill guide for mandibular staple transosseous implants
US6672870B2 (en) 2001-03-20 2004-01-06 John G. Knapp Method and instrumentation for attaching dentures
US20060291968A1 (en) * 2002-12-24 2006-12-28 Greenberg Alex M Modular template for drilling holes and method of making same
US20140272781A1 (en) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-18 Arun Mohan Devices, Kits, and Methods for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
USRE47368E1 (en) * 2003-12-30 2019-04-30 Greenberg Surgical Technologies, Llc Modular template for drilling holes and method of making same

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US744292A (en) * 1902-12-30 1903-11-17 Cassius M Carr Anchored denture.
US1312141A (en) * 1919-08-05 Tooth
US3120136A (en) * 1960-05-18 1964-02-04 Harry G Bieker Semi-automatic drill press assembly and method of drilling stacked sheets

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1312141A (en) * 1919-08-05 Tooth
US744292A (en) * 1902-12-30 1903-11-17 Cassius M Carr Anchored denture.
US3120136A (en) * 1960-05-18 1964-02-04 Harry G Bieker Semi-automatic drill press assembly and method of drilling stacked sheets

Cited By (14)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2540077A1 (en) * 1974-09-25 1976-04-08 Kyoto Ceramic IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
US4225668A (en) * 1977-12-16 1980-09-30 Bartoli Gian V Blade endo-osseous apparatus for dental plates, and fixing method therefor
FR2464061A1 (en) * 1979-08-27 1981-03-06 Weissman Bernard DENTAL CONTENT RIDER AND METHOD FOR REINFORCING AND FIXING A MOBILE TOOTH
US4303391A (en) * 1979-08-27 1981-12-01 Ipco Corporation Dental bore-locating guide
US4355979A (en) * 1979-08-27 1982-10-26 Ipco Corporation Lingual dental splint device
US4917604A (en) * 1988-04-20 1990-04-17 Small Irwin A Compression staple, method and apparatus for insertion of same
EP0774238A1 (en) 1995-11-17 1997-05-21 John G. Knapp Drill guide for mandibular staple transosseous implants
US5688283A (en) * 1995-11-17 1997-11-18 Knapp; John G. Drill guide for mandibular staple transosseous implants
US6672870B2 (en) 2001-03-20 2004-01-06 John G. Knapp Method and instrumentation for attaching dentures
US20060291968A1 (en) * 2002-12-24 2006-12-28 Greenberg Alex M Modular template for drilling holes and method of making same
US9050665B2 (en) * 2003-12-30 2015-06-09 Greenberg Surgical Technologies, Llc Modular template for drilling holes and method of making same
USRE47368E1 (en) * 2003-12-30 2019-04-30 Greenberg Surgical Technologies, Llc Modular template for drilling holes and method of making same
US20140272781A1 (en) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-18 Arun Mohan Devices, Kits, and Methods for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
US10123900B2 (en) * 2013-03-15 2018-11-13 Cook Medical Technologies Llc Devices, kits, and methods for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3664022A (en) Drill guide for mandibular staple and staple construction
US4713077A (en) Method of applying a chin implant, drill guide tool and implant
US4917604A (en) Compression staple, method and apparatus for insertion of same
US4608972A (en) Method of applying a chin implant, drill guide tool and implant
US5688283A (en) Drill guide for mandibular staple transosseous implants
US3414975A (en) Drill guide for mandibular staples and staple construction
US4177562A (en) Dental implant and method of inserting the same
US3521355A (en) Positioning means for orthodontic brackets
US4521188A (en) Dowel pin for dental models
DE69721601T2 (en) Imprint cap
US5302122A (en) Dentistry implant paralleling device and method of installing implants
US3895444A (en) Mandibular staple and drill guide
DE69524490T2 (en) X-ray template for depth measurement and for positioning a prosthesis
EP0689804A1 (en) Indicating device and method for marking out and forming one or more attachment points for a fixture or fixtures in an area of the human body, preferably the jaw
US4109383A (en) Dental implant bender
DE69322558T2 (en) Process for the production of a dental prosthesis for an implant and the elements used
JPH06505645A (en) adjustable tooth implantation system
US2745180A (en) Denture construction
US4902232A (en) Dental training model with artificial teeth set
US3521354A (en) Dowel assembly and method
US3085334A (en) Denture attachment
US4906189A (en) Mandibular staple bone plate
US5123842A (en) Single tooth dental implant method
US3380163A (en) Precision intra-oral instrument
US3931677A (en) Die stone casting for dental restoration