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Dentistry > Prosthodontics > Preliminary Casting, Model, Or Trial Denture Preliminary Casting, Model, Or Trial DenturePreliminary Casting, Model, Or Trial Denture patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.04/26/07 - 20070092854 - Methods for manufacturing dental implant components A method of manufacturing a rapid prototype overmold for locating a dental implant analog in a modified stone model for use in creating a tooth prosthesis is provided. An impression of a mouth having a first installation site that has a dental implant and a gingival healing abutment with at ... 04/26/07 - 20070092853 - Multi-layer casting methods and devices Described herein are methods for making highly accurate layered dental models from a cast of a subject's oral cavity (e.g., the upper or lower dental arch) that avoid shrinkage or deformation. The methods may include the steps of sequentially preparing the model-forming material, applying a layer of model-forming material to ... 04/05/07 - 20070077537 - Method for preparing a physical plaster model The invention provides a method for creating a physical teeth model. The method comprises the following steps: providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition that comprises at least a region of the teeth that includes a tooth stump on which a crown is to be fitted ... 03/29/07 - 20070072151 - Procedure for determining the form of a residual tooth area The invention relates to a process for determining the form a duplicate of a residual tooth area, which is to be fitted with a dental restoration whereby the duplicate sections to be fitted with the restoration are removed from the duplicate and the form data to be allocated to their ... 03/08/07 - 20070054242 - Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of teeth Color measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic and receive light reflected from the surface of the object/tooth being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics pass ... 02/08/07 - 20070031791 - Scanning models for digital orthodontics In general, the invention relates to techniques for simultaneously scanning multiple physical models of a patient's tooth structure in order to register the models relative to one another within a digital model generated from the single scan. For example, simultaneously scanning a physical model of a patient's upper arch along ... 02/08/07 - 20070031790 - Registering physical and virtual tooth structures with pedestals In general, the invention relates to techniques for registering a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate system of a physical model of a patient's tooth structure to a 3D coordinate system of a virtual model of the same tooth structure. Techniques are described to register the complex geometries of the physical and virtual ... 01/18/07 - 20070015111 - Method for manipulating a dental virtual model, method for creating physical entities based on a dental virtual model thus manipulated, and dental models thus created A 3D virtual model of an intra oral cavity in which at least a part of a finish line of a preparation is obscured is manipulated in virtual space by means of a computer or the like to create, recreate or reconstruct finish line data and other geometrical corresponding to ... 12/28/06 - 20060292527 - Blank for producing dental shaped parts and method for producing the shaped part The invention relates to a blank for producing dental shaped parts, comprising a blank body (1) made of tooth restoration material, from which the shaped part can be machined using a tool (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) for removing material. The aim of the invention is to enable a reliable ... 12/07/06 - 20060275737 - Method for defining a finish line of a dental prosthesis A computer-based prosthodontic method is provided, for enabling a dental practitioner to define a finish line of a dental prosthesis of at least one tooth to be fitted over a tooth preparation. The method comprises the following steps: providing a three-dimensional (3D) digital data relating to the patient's dentition, the ... 12/07/06 - 20060275736 - Computer aided orthodontic treatment planning Methods, devices and systems for digitizing a patient's arch and manipulating the digital dental arch model. In one variation the methods includes producing a physical arch model for the patient's arch, separating the physical arch model into a plurality of arch model components, mounting the arch model components on a ... 11/30/06 - 20060269904 - Method and impression tray for producing a dental mold The invention relates to a method for producing a dental mold on the basis of a thermoplastic film (4), and to an impression tray (1) for producing such a dental mold (2). The impression tray (1) is charged with a kneadable, malleable material (3) on which the thermoplastic film (4) ... 11/16/06 - 20060257821 - Method of making an indirect bonding tray for orthodontic treatment An indirect bonding tray for use in applying and bonding orthodontic appliances to a patient's teeth is made by providing a replica of the patient's dentition including replicas of the patient's teeth. A guide is provided on each replica tooth in a location corresponding to the ultimate intended location of ... 10/05/06 - 20060223031 - Method of making indirect bonding apparatus for orthodontic therapy A method of making transfer apparatus for use in indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances includes the act of applying a spacer material over a dentition replica. The spacer material includes at least one cavity for releasably receiving an orthodontic appliance, and a base of the appliance is in contact with ... 09/21/06 - 20060210951 - Dynamic technique for fitting dentures to individuals A method comprising the steps of mounting pressure sensors in a tooth-enclosing device; transmitting data produced by pressure sensors during actual operation of said tooth-enclosing device worn by a specific individual; receiving said sensor signals for subsequent analysis by a computer; creating a stress-map based on said sensor-based data; and ... 09/07/06 - 20060199153 - Producing wrinkled dental aligner for dental treatment A method for manufacturing wrinkled dental aligner for a patient's tooth includes developing a digital dental aligner model specifying at least one wrinkled surface on a dental aligner and producing a dental aligner having the wrinkled surface in accordance with digital dental aligner model. ... 08/03/06 - 20060172259 - Methods for producing non-interfering tooth models A method produces a physical dental arch model having at least two physical tooth models. The method includes detecting the interference between two physical tooth models. If interference is detected between the first physical tooth model and the second physical tooth model, the positions and orientations of at least one ... 06/22/06 - 20060134581 - Automatic crown and gingiva detection from three-dimensional virtual model of teeth A method is provided for automatically separating tooth crowns and gingival tissue in a virtual three-dimensional model of teeth and associated anatomical structures. The method orients the model with reference to a plane and automatically determines local maxima of the model and areas bounded by the local maxima. The method ... 06/22/06 - 20060134580 - Rfid tracking of patient-specific orthodontic materials Techniques are described for using radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track patient-specific materials throughout the manufacturing of indirect bonding trays. A series of RFID tags may be used to track the patient-specific material starting with the taking of a patient's impression at a clinic within a dental impression tray, through ... 06/15/06 - 20060127860 - Producing a base for accurately receiving dental tooth models Systems and method for producing a base configured to receive the physical tooth models by acquiring the coordinates of the physical tooth models in the physical dental arch model using a mechanical location device and determining the configurations of first features affixed to the physical tooth models. The method further ... 06/15/06 - 20060127859 - Producing a physical toothmodel compatible with a physical dental arch model Systems and methods for producing a physical tooth model includes receiving a negative impression of a patient's tooth in a casting chamber, pouring a casting material over the negative impression of the patient's tooth, solidifying the casting material wherein the casting material is attached to the lid of the casting ... 06/15/06 - 20060127858 - Producing accurate base for a dental arch model Systems and methods are disclosed for producing a base configured to receive physical tooth models includes acquiring the coordinates of the physical tooth models in the physical dental arch model using an optical location device. The method determines the configurations of first features affixed to the physical tooth models. The ... 06/15/06 - 20060127857 - Producing non-interfering tooth models on a base Systems and methods are disclosed that produce a physical dental arch model having at least two adjacent physical tooth models and a base configured to receive the physical tooth models. The method includes determining the positions and orientations of the two adjacent physical tooth models in the physical dental arch ... 06/15/06 - 20060127856 - Accurately predicting and preventing interference between tooth models Systems and methods for preventing interference between two physical tooth models in a physical dental arch model includes digitally representing the surfaces of each of the two physical tooth models by a mesh of points in three dimensions, interpolating the meshes of points to produce interpolated surfaces to represent the ... 06/15/06 - 20060127855 - Preventing interference between tooth models Systems and methods are disclosed to prevent interference between two physical tooth models in a physical dental arch model by acquiring the coordinates of a plurality of points on the surfaces of each of the two physical tooth models and digitally representing the surfaces of each of the two physical ... 06/15/06 - 20060127854 - Image based dentition record digitization Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a 3D model of an object using one or more cameras by: calibrating each camera; establishing a coordinate system and environment for the one or more cameras; registering one or more fiducials on the object; and capturing one or more images and constructing ... 06/15/06 - 20060127853 - Base for physical dental arch model A method produces a base for physical tooth models. The method includes providing one or more cast materials in a container, pressing the underside of the physical tooth models into the one or more cast materials to produce impressions in the one or more cast materials, and solidifying the one ... 06/15/06 - 20060127852 - Image based orthodontic treatment viewing system Systems and methods are disclosed for visualizing changes in a three dimensional (3D) model by receiving an initial 3D model for the patient; determining a target 3D model; and generating one or more intermediate 3D models by morphing one or more of the 3D models. ... 06/15/06 - 20060127851 - Fabricating a base compatible with physical tooth models Systems and methods produce a physical base for receiving physical tooth models by receiving position information for the physical tooth models on the physical base and machining first features on a base plate in accordance with the position information to produce the physical base, wherein the first features are configured ... 06/15/06 - 20060127850 - Accurately producing a base for physical dental arch model Systems and methods are disclosed to produce a dental base having sockets for receiving physical tooth models. The method includes receiving positional information of the sockets on the base, determining a relative movement between a laser and a base plate; emitting a laser beam from the laser to the base ... 05/04/06 - 20060093993 - Producing a base for physical dental arch model A method for producing a base or plurality of bases for physical tooth models comprises receiving digital tooth models representing the physical tooth models and generating a digital base model compatible with the digital tooth models, and producing a base using CNC based manufacturing in accordance with the digital base ... 05/04/06 - 20060093992 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing and constructing a physical dental arch model A method produces a physical dental arch model based on a three-dimensional (3D) digital dental arch model. The method includes smoothening the digital dental arch model to make the digital dental arch model suitable for CNC based manufacturing, segmenting the digital dental arch model into at least two manufacturable digital ... 02/23/06 - 20060040236 - Design and manufacture of dental implant restorations The present invention provides a method of making and aligning digital images from oral tissues, dental implants, healing components, and dental restorations to design and manufacture dental implant retained restorations. Image data about the space available for the planned restoration, orientation of dental implants or abutments and aesthetic contour and ... 01/12/06 - 20060008775 - Method of manufacturing an orthodontic model, and an orthodontic model produced thereby An orthodontic model has a single block body made of catalyzing acrylic resin with a pair of prism boxes inversely positioned and interconnected by a pair of posterior walls with a window, the prism boxes have covers of the same shape and are provided with perimetral depressions for fitting to ... 12/15/05 - 20050277091 - Arrangement for a tooth replacement or unit forming part thereof An ordering and manufacturing system is used to produce all or part of a tooth replacement from gold. Functions are included for scanning or reading of the treatment situation. Computerized simulating and/or shape-determining functions determine the optimum or desired shape of the tooth replacement. The system is activated for ordering ... 11/10/05 - 20050250075 - Method for preparing a physical plaster model The invention provides a method for creating a physical teeth model. The method comprises the following steps: providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition that comprises at least a region of the teeth that includes a tooth stump on which a crown is to be fitted ... 11/03/05 - 20050244791 - Interproximal reduction treatment planning Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying a digital model of a patient's teeth by determining interproximal information associated with each tooth; and annotating a graphical representation of the model of the tooth to provide a visual display of the interproximal information. ... 11/03/05 - 20050244790 - Method and apparatus for indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances to teeth A method of indirect bonding and a physical model that allows for optimal positional alignment of orthodontic appliances on a patient's teeth is disclosed. The physical model of the patient's teeth has pods and ridges on the facial surface of the teeth. Adhesive is applied to an orthodontic appliance and ... 06/02/05 - 20050118555 - Three-dimensional occlusal and interproximal contact detection and display using virtual tooth models Occlusal contact between upper and lower virtual three-dimensional teeth of a patient when the upper and lower arches are in an occlused condition are determined and displayed to the user on a user interface of a general purpose computing device. Various techniques for determining occlusal contacts are described. The areas ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |