Proximal mandibular segment positioner

Details Proximal mandibular segment positioner Proximal mandibular segment positioner

1995-04-21

1997-05-06

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

128777, 128898, A61B 1756

Patent

active

056265832

ABSTRACT:
A method and instrument for positioning a proximal segment of a buccal cortex to seat a condyle in the fossa during TMJ corrective procedures includes osteotomizing a mandible, thereby forming a proximal segment and a distal segment, drilling a burr hole in the proximal segment adjacent the osteotomy and inserting, into the hole, the tip of a positioning instrument having a handle, an elongated shaft and a stepped down tip angled approximately 45.degree. relative to the axis of the handle and shaft. The instrument can be manipulated from the patient's mouth in a minimally invasive and secure fashion.

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