Dental Implant Guide Block with Segmented Through-Holes
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing dental implant procedures are time-consuming and require precise boring of multiple surgical holes in the alveolar bone, which can be challenging to perform accurately and efficiently, especially when multiple implants need to be implanted in parallel.
Innovation Solution
A guide block assembly with a main body and connecting rings that allow for the precise alignment and parallel boring of surgical holes, enabling the use of multiple drills and facilitating the implantation of multiple implants simultaneously, while maintaining symmetry and alignment with the occlusal plane.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple surgical holes are bored sequentially using traditional methods, then each hole can be bored with sufficient precision, but the total procedure time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The guide block is divided into multiple through-holes (at least two) that can accommodate multiple drills simultaneously. Each through-hole is independently positioned to guide a separate drill bit, allowing multiple surgical holes to be created in parallel rather than sequentially, thus reducing total procedure time while maintaining precision for each hole
Solution Approach 2:
The guide block introduces a spatial dimension by positioning multiple through-holes at specific orientations and locations. The connecting rings extend in one direction with round inner peripheral surfaces that provide rotational guidance, adding angular control as another dimension of precision beyond simple linear hole placement
2Productivity
If multiple implants are implanted in parallel to reduce procedure time, then efficiency improves, but maintaining symmetry and alignment becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The guide block separates the guidance function into distinct through-holes, each independently positioned and oriented. This segmentation allows each drill path to be precisely defined while maintaining overall symmetry, as each through-hole can be designed with specific angular and positional relationships to others
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting rings have asymmetric features with straight outer peripheral surfaces in two opposite directions and circular arc surfaces in other directions. This asymmetric design provides unique orientation references that ensure symmetric implant placement by preventing rotational misalignment of the guide block itself
3Ease of operation
If a single drill is used for boring surgical holes, then the procedure is simple to perform, but the time required to bore multiple holes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide block serves multiple functions: it guides multiple drills simultaneously, maintains their relative positions and orientations, ensures symmetry through its geometric design, and can be reused for different implant scenarios. This multi-functionality allows simple operation with a single guide block structure supporting multiple drilling operations
Solution Approach 2:
The guide block is pre-positioned on the patient's jawbone with its through-holes and connecting rings already configured for the desired implant arrangement. This preliminary positioning establishes all alignment references before drilling begins, allowing multiple drills to be inserted and operated simultaneously without complex real-time adjustments
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AI summary
A guide block for a dental implant procedure, a guide block assembly, and a dental implant procedural technique using the guide block, which enable a dental implant procedure to be accurately performed by allowing one or more surgical holes to be quickly and accurately bored during a boring process in which the one or more surgical holes are bored in an alveolar bone in a dental implant procedure.