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US 12,611,286 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for dental crown restorations using prefabricated sleeve-crown pairs
AssigneeRSL Dental Technologies LLC
InventorsStephen A. Ziskind, Edwin Michael First, Adam Szeremeta, Robin A. Carden
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Abstract
A dental restoration device includes a sleeve having an exterior surface and an interior pocket that is at least partially filled with a dental cement, and a crown having an exterior surface and an interior surface that is mated to the exterior surface of the crown and bonded thereto by an adhesive disposed between the exterior surface of the sleeve and the interior surface of the crown.
Claims8
A method for installing a dental restoration, comprising:
- preparing an affected tooth of a patient by removing diseased and/or damaged matter so as to achieve a substantially post-shaped prepared tooth;
- determining a desired crown shape based on a size and/or spacing of the patient's mouth and a type of the affected tooth;
- selecting a prefabricated crown in accordance with the determined crown shape, from among a kit of prefabricated crowns of different sizes, the selected prefabricated crown being associated with a prefabricated sleeve;
- filling an interior pocket of the associated prefabricated sleeve with dental cement;
- placing the filled sleeve with the crown disposed thereon over the prepared tooth;
- pressing the filled sleeve to a desired position with respect to a gum line of the patient by the patient biting down on the crown;
- removing the crown from the sleeve;
- curing the dental cement with a light source that is cast through the sleeve;
- and
- bonding the interior surface of the crown to the exterior surface of the sleeve using an adhesive.
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A method for installing a dental restoration, comprising:
- preparing an affected tooth of a patient by removing diseased and/or damaged matter so as to achieve a substantially post-shaped prepared tooth;
- determining a desired crown shape based on a size and/or spacing of the patient's mouth and a type of the affected tooth;
- determining a desired tooth color based on observing a color of teeth proximate to the affected tooth;
- selecting a prefabricated crown in accordance with the determined crown shape and determined desired tooth color, from among a kit of prefabricated crowns of different sizes and colors, the selected prefabricated crown being associated with a prefabricated sleeve;
- filling an interior pocket of the associated prefabricated sleeve with dental cement;
- placing the filled sleeve with the crown disposed thereon over the prepared tooth;
- pressing the filled sleeve to a desired position with respect to a gum line of the patient by the patient biting down on the crown;
- removing the crown from the sleeve;
- curing the dental cement with a light source that is cast through the sleeve;
- and
- bonding the interior surface of the crown to the exterior surface of the sleeve using an adhesive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.