Precision dental paralleling process and apparatus

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF DRILLING PARALLEL HOLES IN TEETH COMPRISING: MAKING A MODEL OF THE PATIENT''S NATURAL TEETH IN WHICH SAID PARALLEL HOLES ARE TO BE DRILLED, AND OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE GUMS AND ORAL CAVITY ADJACENT SAID TEETH; CONSECUTIVELY ALIGNING A MOVABLE TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE WITH THE TEETH ON SAID MODEL CORRESPONDING TO THE NATURAL TEETH IN WHICH SAID HOLES ARE TO BE DRILLED, SAID CONSECUTIVE ALIGNMENT BEING CARRIED OUT TO ALIGN THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE WITH THE DESIRED AXIS OF THE HOLES TO BE DRILLED IN THE NATURAL TEETH WHILE MAINTAINING THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE PARALLEL TO A REFERENCE LINE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID MODEL; POSITIONING GUIDE MEANS HAVING A LINEAR GUIDING AXIS ADJACENT SAID MODEL WITH ITS LINEAR GUIDING AXIS COINCIDENT WITH SAID REFERENCE LINE; FORMING A JIG ON THE MODEL, WHICH JIG IS COMPLEMENTARY IN CONFIGURATION TO A PORTION OF SAID MODEL SURROUNDING SAID GUIDE MEANS AND WHICH IS JIG CONTAINS IMBEDDED THEREIN SAID GUIDE MEANS; REMOVING THE JIG FROM THE MODEL WITH THE GUIDE MEANS IMBEDDED THEREIN; FITTING SAID JIG IN THE MOUTH OF THE PATIENT IN A POSITION CORRESPONDING IDENTICALLY TO ITS PREVIOUS POSITION ON THE MODEL BEFORE THE JIG WAS REMOVED FROM THE MODEL; SECURING A CYLINDRICAL POST TO THE GUIDE MEANS WITH ITS AXIS ALIGNED WITH THE LINEAR GUIDING AXIS OF SAID GUIDE MEANS; THEN MOVABLY MOUNTING SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE ON SAID CYLINDRICAL POST FOR VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREON AND FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT AROUND THE AXIS THEREOF; CONSECUTIVELY ALIGNING THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE WITH THE SEVERAL POINTS ON THE NATURAL TEETH WHERE IT IS INTENDED TO DRILL PARALLEL HOLES; AND USING SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE TO GUIDE A DENTAL DRILL USED TO DRILL SAID PARALLEL HOLES SO THAT THE AXIS OF SAID DRILL CORRESPONDS TO THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF DRILLING PARALLEL HOLES IN TEETH COMPRISING: MAKING A MODEL OF THE PATIENT''S NATURAL TEETH IN WHICH SAID PARALLEL HOLES ARE TO BE DRILLED, AND OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE GUMS AND ORAL CAVITY ADJACENT SAID TEETH; CONSECUTIVELY ALIGNING A MOVABLE TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE WITH THE TEETH ON SAID MODEL CORRESPONDING TO THE NATURAL TEETH IN WHICH SAID HOLES ARE TO BE DRILLED, SAID CONSECUTIVE ALIGNMENT BEING CARRIED OUT TO ALIGN THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE WITH THE DESIRED AXIS OF THE HOLES TO BE DRILLED IN THE NATURAL TEETH WHILE MAINTAINING THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE PARALLEL TO A REFERENCE LINE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID MODEL; POSITIONING GUIDE MEANS HAVING A LINEAR GUIDING AXIS ADJACENT SAID MODEL WITH ITS LINEAR GUIDING AXIS COINCIDENT WITH SAID REFERENCE LINE; FORMING A JIG ON THE MODEL, WHICH JIG IS COMPLEMENTARY IN CONFIGURATION TO A PORTION OF SAID MODEL SURROUNDING SAID GUIDE MEANS AND WHICH IS JIG CONTAINS IMBEDDED THEREIN SAID GUIDE MEANS; REMOVING THE JIG FROM THE MODEL WITH THE GUIDE MEANS IMBEDDED THEREIN; FITTING SAID JIG IN THE MOUTH OF THE PATIENT IN A POSITION CORRESPONDING IDENTICALLY TO ITS PREVIOUS POSITION ON THE MODEL BEFORE THE JIG WAS REMOVED FROM THE MODEL; SECURING A CYLINDRICAL POST TO THE GUIDE MEANS WITH ITS AXIS ALIGNED WITH THE LINEAR GUIDING AXIS OF SAID GUIDE MEANS; THEN MOVABLY MOUNTING SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE ON SAID CYLINDRICAL POST FOR VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREON AND FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT AROUND THE AXIS THEREOF; CONSECUTIVELY ALIGNING THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE WITH THE SEVERAL POINTS ON THE NATURAL TEETH WHERE IT IS INTENDED TO DRILL PARALLEL HOLES; AND USING SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE TO GUIDE A DENTAL DRILL USED TO DRILL SAID PARALLEL HOLES SO THAT THE AXIS OF SAID DRILL CORRESPONDS TO THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR DRILL GUIDE.