Dental restoration molds
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsJames D. Hansen, Joseph C. Dingeldein, Mary C. Doruff
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Abstract
A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient includes a first mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient. The first mold body includes a portion corresponding with at least a first surface of the tooth and an interproximal portion corresponding with an interproximal surface of the tooth, the interproximal portion being of unitary construction. The first mold body is configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing a first portion of missing tooth structure of the tooth.
Claims8
A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising:
- a first mold body providing for a customized fit with at least two teeth of the patient, wherein the first mold body includes a portion corresponding with at least a first surface of a tooth of the at least two teeth and an interproximal portion corresponding with an interproximal surface of a tooth of the at least two teeth,
- wherein the first mold body is configured to combine with a tooth of the at least two teeth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing a portion of missing tooth structure of at least a tooth of the at least two teeth, and
- the custom tool further including a port and a plug, wherein the plug includes a tip surface corresponding to a surface of the tooth, and wherein a dental restoration material may be injected into the mold cavity through the port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.