Automated dental drill

Abstract

An automated dental drill includes a dental drill housing that includes a mouth piece housing section and a one or more degrees of freedom drive housing section; an end effector drive support having a shaft section that is at least partially positioned in the mouth piece housing section, and an end effector for the cutting of a native tooth or dental appliance to a desired tolerance. The end effector is positioned on the end effector drive support. The automated dental drill also includes a power source that drives the end effector and is coupled to the end effector and a one or more degrees of freedom drive assembly to direct the end effector along one or more degrees of freedom relative to the mouth piece housing section.

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         24 . A robotic system for dental surgeries, the robotic system comprising:
 a cantilever arm configured to support both a tooth clamp and an end effector, wherein the cantilever arm passively positions and allows the tooth camp and the end effector to move in three or more degrees of freedom relative to a support structure of the cantilever arm;   the tooth clamp is connected to at least one of a subject's teeth to be treated by the end effector, and wherein the tooth clamp is connected to the cantilever arm via a clamp connector; and   an end effector drive assembly configured to drive a motion of the end effector in one or more degrees of freedom relative to the tooth clamp.   
     
     
         25 . The robotic system of  claim 24 , wherein the end effector comprises a dental tool for performing one or more dental operations. 
     
     
         26 . The robotic system of  claim 25 , wherein the one or more dental operations are controlled based at least in part on a positional feedback or a force feedback. 
     
     
         27 . The robotic system of  claim 24 , wherein the clamp connector is fixedly attached to a housing of the end effector. 
     
     
         28 . The robotic system of  claim 24 , wherein the end effector comprises a drill. 
     
     
         29 . The robotic system of  claim 24 , wherein the end effector is driven by the end effector drive assembly to cut the at least one of the subject's teeth to a desired tolerance and form for receiving a crown, a partial crown, a bridge, an inlay, an onlay, a veneer, a restoration, a prepared prosthetic tooth or a root canal. 
     
     
         30 . The robotic system of  claim 24 , wherein the end effector drive assembly comprises a stepper drive, piezoelectric drive, or a servomotor drive. 
     
     
         31 . The robotic system of  claim 24 , wherein the end effector drive assembly translates the end effector in at least two degrees of freedom with respect to the tooth clamp. 
     
     
         32 . The robotic system of  claim 24 , further comprising a multi-dimensional vision system comprising at least one of: a laser, an ultrasound transmitter, and visual optics. 
     
     
         33 . The robotic system of  claim 32 , wherein the multi-dimensional vision system provides at least one of: a two-dimensional image, a three-dimensional image, a live video feed of the at least one of a subject's teeth.