Osteotome Set for Dental Implant Socket Formation with Alternating Base and Crestal Work Areas

摘要

A number of osteotomes, n, form a set of osteotomes, for use during a ridge expansion osteotomy to reduce alveolar stress and to reduce likelihood of a fracture, with each osteotome of the set having a conical working tip with a free end having a diameter ϕ_An, and a working base ϕ_Bn; a first osteotome, n=1, of the set has the working tip formed with a first diameter, ϕ_A1=Y, at the free end, and with a second diameter, ϕ_B1−X, at the working base, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter, XY; and wherein for successive osteotomes of the set, the diameter at the free end increases as an alternate step and regressive step sequence, and the diameter at the working base alternately increases by a constant increment c, as a step function.