Modeling a digital design of a denture
Assignee3Shape A/S
InventorsRune Fisker, Morten Ryde Hansen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for modeling a digital design of a denture for a patient, the denture includes a gingival part and a teeth part including a set of denture teeth, where the method includes obtaining a digital 3D representation of the patient's gum; obtaining virtual teeth models corresponding to the denture teeth; virtually arranging the virtual teeth models in relation to the digital 3D representation of the patient's gum; and generating a virtual outer gingival surface of the gingival part of the denture.
Claims26
A method for modeling a digital design of a denture for a patient, said denture comprising a gingival part and a teeth part comprising a set of denture teeth, where the method comprises:
- obtaining a digital 3D representation of the patient's gum;
- obtaining a digital 3D representation of a lower wax rim or obtaining a digital 3D representation of an upper wax rim;
- obtaining virtual teeth models corresponding to the denture teeth;
- arranging the teeth models relative to the 3D representation of the patient's gum, wherein the arranging is based on the digital 3D representation of the patient's gum and at least one of the digital 3D representation of the lower wax rim and the digital 3D representation of the upper wax rim;
- and
- generating a virtual outer gingival surface of the gingival part of the denture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.