Dental restoration molds
AssigneeSolventum Intellectual 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.
Claims13
A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising:
- a mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient, the mold body including an occlusal portion forming an occlusal surface corresponding with an occlusal surface of the tooth or an incisal portion corresponding with an incisal surface of the tooth, a mesial proximal portion forming a mesial proximal surface corresponding with a mesial proximal surface of the tooth, and a distal proximal portion forming a distal proximal surface corresponding with a distal proximal surface of the tooth,
- wherein the mold body is configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing missing tooth structure of the tooth, and
- wherein the mesial proximal portion, the distal proximal portion, and at least one of the occlusal portion or the incisal portion are based on three-dimensional scan data of the mouth of the patient, and
- wherein the mesial proximal portion or the distal proximal portion extend subgingivally.
A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising:
- a mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient, the mold body including a mesial proximal portion forming a mesial proximal surface corresponding with a mesial proximal surface of the tooth, a distal proximal portion forming a distal proximal surface corresponding with a distal proximal surface of the tooth, and a gingival portion configured to retract the gingiva from the tooth,
- wherein the mold body is configured to combine with the tooth to form a mold cavity encompassing missing tooth structure of the tooth, and
- wherein the mesial proximal portion, the distal proximal portion, and the gingival portion are customized based on three-dimensional scan data of the mouth of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.