Systems and methods of producing a customized guidance package equipped appliance
OwnerKelly Lucasinventor
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Abstract
A method of automatically producing or reproducing a customized AGP (Anterior Guidance Package) equipped splint for a patient with or without a severe malocclusion is provided. The method of automatically producing or reproducing an AGP equipped splint according to current invention comprises of combining Virtual Articulation, CAD (Computer Aided Design)-CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) method with AGP and special retentive piece technology. The method of the current invention enables a patient with or without a severe malocclusion to receive his/her customized AGP equipped splint or a replacement thereof automatically without visiting the dentist again and again.
Claims20
A method of preparing a customized Anterior Guidance Package (AGP) equipped splint for a patient using a computing device, the method comprising:
- positioning, in a virtual articulator, a virtual maxillary arch and a virtual mandibular arch of the patient in a predetermined index position, the predetermined index position providing a threshold clearance between the virtual arches;
- applying, in the virtual articulator, a virtual maxillary retentive member to the virtual maxillary arch and a virtual mandibular retentive member to the virtual mandibular arch;
- attaching, in the virtual articulator, a virtual maxillary guidance component to the virtual maxillary retentive member and a virtual mandibular guidance component to the virtual mandibular retentive member to form a virtual AGP equipped splint;
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- outputting for transmission, to a receiving device, AGP equipped splint production data based on the virtual AGP equipped splint.
A method of preparing a customized guidance package equipped appliance for a patient using a computing device, the method comprising:
- positioning, in a virtual articulator, a virtual maxillary arch and a virtual mandibular arch of the patient in an index position, the index position providing a threshold clearance between the virtual arches;
- applying, in the virtual articulator, a virtual maxillary guidance component to the virtual maxillary arch and a virtual mandibular guidance component to the virtual mandibular arch based on the index position to form a virtual guidance package equipped appliance, such that the virtual maxillary guidance component and the virtual mandibular guidance component are configured to sit at rest with respect to each other when the virtual arches are in the index position;
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- outputting for transmission, to a receiving device, guidance package equipped appliance production data based on the virtual guidance package equipped appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.