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US 11,759,297 B2Granted
Reference denture alignment jig, kit for preparing dentures, and method for preparing dentures using same
AssigneeTokuyama Dental Corporation
InventorsTatsuya Yamazaki, Kei Nakashima, Youichi Yamamoto, Hitoshi Motohashi
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Abstract
Provided is a reference denture alignment jig which guides reference dentures into an oral cavity or to an articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, and aligns the reference dentures in the oral cavity or in the articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, the jig having a reference denture holding portion for holding reference dentures.
Claims3
A denture preparation kit comprising:
- a maxillary standard denture and a mandibular standard denture for a complete denture consisting of the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture;
- and
- a standard denture alignment jig comprising:
- a standard denture retention unit including a maxillary standard denture retention groove for retaining the maxillary standard denture and a mandibular standard denture retention groove for retaining the mandibular standard denture;
- a handle connected to the standard denture retention unit;
- and
- a horizontal guide indicating an occlusal plane of the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture retained by the standard denture retention unit,
- wherein
- the standard denture retention unit is configured to retain the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture while maintaining occlusion between the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture,
- the handle has a thickness, the thickness of the handle is 1 to 3mm and a flat plate shape with an upper surface and a lower surface being parallel to each other,
- the standard denture retention unit and the handle are connected such that an occlusal plane, formed when the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture are retained by the standard denture retention unit in the state of the occlusion maintaining, and the upper surface or the lower surface of the handle are parallel to the occlusal plane,
- the standard denture retention unit is configured so that the incisal edge of the maxillary anterior teeth of the maxillary standard denture can be coplanar with a part of the lower surface of the handle,
- the handle includes a median guide indicating a median position of a central incisor of the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture retained by the standard denture retention unit,
- the median guide is a median indicating pin disposed perpendicular to the occlusal plane of the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture retained by the standard denture retention unit, and
- the horizontal guide is a blade connected to the handle, and the blade is rotatable about the median indicating pin that functions as a fulcrum.
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