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US 11,298,216 B2Granted
System and method for manufacturing layered dentures
AssigneeGlobal Dental Science, LLC
InventorJohannes Petrus Michael Grobbee
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a layered denture in which the enamel layer or the tooth layer is manufactured first and the denture base is manufactured last. The resulting denture may exhibit an enamel layer or a tooth layer with enhanced strength and/or resiliency. The resulting denture may have one or more of an integrated layer, balanced occlusion, and a root approximating structure.
Claims20
A blank capable of being machined into artificial dentition structures for a denture, the blank comprising:
- an enamel material layer having a first cavity disposed in a first face of the blank and comprising a first tooth boundary and an aft cavity;
- a first denture material comprising a dentin material disposed in the first cavity of the blank and covering the first tooth boundary and occupying the aft cavity.
A blank configured to be capable of making a denture comprising:
- an enamel material layer having a first cavity disposed in a first face of enamel material layer and further comprising a first tooth boundary and an aft cavity;
- a second cavity disposed in a second face of the enamel material layer opposite the first face and comprising first base boundary outlining the shape of a denture base;
- and a first denture material comprising a dentin material disposed in the first cavity of the blank and covering the first tooth boundary and occupying the aft cavity;
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- a second denture material comprising a denture base material disposed in the second cavity of the second face of the blank and covering the first base boundary.
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