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US 11,628,049 B2Granted
Apparatuses and methods for making a final hybrid prosthesis to be attached to dental implants
AssigneeAnthony James Prestipino
InventorAnthony James Prestipino
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Abstract
The present invention includes apparatuses and methods for making a final hybrid prosthesis to be attached to one or more dental implants. One preferred method includes the step of making a temporary hybrid prosthesis and at about the same time also making a duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis. The duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis permits the final hybrid prosthesis to be made with fewer visits to a restorative dentist and with less dental laboratory time than is currently needed when making a final hybrid prosthesis.
Claims16
A method of making a final hybrid prosthesis to be attached to one or
- more dental implants in a patient's mouth, comprising:
- making a temporary hybrid prosthesis to be attached to the one or more dental implants in the patient's mouth, wherein the temporary hybrid prosthesis comprises a first set of tooth-shaped structures made out of a first tooth-forming material and a first set of cylinders, wherein the first set of tooth-shaped structures and the first set of cylinders are connected together with a first mass of material, and wherein the temporary hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached to the one or more dental implants in the patient's mouth;
- making a duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis from the temporary hybrid prosthesis, wherein the duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis has the same size and shape as the temporary hybrid prosthesis, wherein the duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis comprises a second set of tooth-shaped structures made out of a second tooth-forming material and a second set of cylinders, wherein the second set of tooth-shaped structures and the second set of cylinders are connected together with a second mass of material, and wherein the duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached to the same one or more dental implants in the patient's mouth to which the temporary hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached;
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- using the duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis in making the final hybrid prosthesis while the temporary hybrid prosthesis is attached to the one or more dental implants in the patient's mouth, wherein the final hybrid prosthesis comprises a third set of tooth-shaped structures made out of a third tooth-forming material and a third set of cylinders, wherein the third set of tooth-shaped structures and the third set of cylinders are connected together with a third mass of material, wherein the third set of cylinders are connected together by a bar enclosed within the third mass of material, and wherein the final hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached to the same one or more dental implants in the patient's mouth to which the temporary hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached.
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A method comprising
- (i) making a duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis from a temporary hybrid prosthesis wherein the temporary hybrid prosthesis comprises a first set of tooth-shaped structures made out of a first tooth-forming material and a first set of cylinders, wherein the first set of tooth-shaped structures and the first set of cylinders are connected together with a first mass of material, and wherein the temporary hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached to one or more dental implants in the patient's mouth, and wherein the duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis has the same size and shape as the temporary hybrid prosthesis, wherein the duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis comprises a second set of tooth-shaped structures made out of a second tooth-forming material and a second set of cylinders, wherein the second set of tooth-shaped structures and the second set of cylinders are held together with a second mass of material, and wherein the duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached to the same one or more dental implants in the patient's mouth to which the temporary hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached, and
- (ii) using the duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis in making a final hybrid prosthesis while the temporary hybrid prosthesis is attached to the one or more dental implants in a patient's mouth, wherein the final hybrid prosthesis comprises a third set of tooth-shaped structures made out of a third tooth-forming material and a third set of cylinders connected together with a third mass of material, wherein the third set of cylinders are connected together with a bar enclosed within the third mass of material, and wherein the final hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached to the same one or more dental implants in the patient's mouth to which the temporary hybrid prosthesis is configured to be attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.