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US 10,182,893 B2Granted
Denture and method of producing a denture
AssigneeIvoclar Vivadent AG
InventorsThomas Baaske, Konrad Hagenbuch, Christian Frei, Markus Heinz, Ronny Watzke
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Abstract
The invention relates to a denture, made of teeth, in particular prefabricated teeth, and of a denture base made of a gingival material, comprising cavities for teeth in which cavities for the teeth are mounted, in particular attached by bonding, characterized in that the denture base (12) is produced by a CAD/CAM process forming the cavities (20) for the teeth (14), and in that cervical areas (40a) of the teeth (14) extending through the basal surface (16, 18) of the denture base (12) are removed, in particular abraded or milled.
Claims14
A semi-finished denture comprising
- prefabricated teeth, and
- a denture base made of a gingival material,
- wherein the denture base comprises cavities configured for receiving the the prefabricated teeth,
- wherein the prefabricated teeth have cervical areas, and
- wherein the prefabricated teeth are mounted in and attached to the cavities by adhesive bonding,
- wherein one or more cervical areas of the prefabricated teeth extend through a basal surface of the denture base after the prefabricated teeth are adhesively bonded, wherein the prefabricated teeth are mounted in and attached to the cavities by an adhesive in an unshortened manner regarding the masticating surface of the denture base.
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