Method for producing dental restoration elements
AssigneeIvoclar Vivadent AG
InventorMarco Nanni
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Abstract
A method for producing a dental restoration element which is to be secured in the mouth of a dental patient includes providing a base plate with ready made x-ray opaque restorative teeth thereon, the base plate being formed in correspondence with the mouth of the patient in which the restorative teeth are to be fixedly secured. The base plate is temporarily situated in the patient's mouth and then the temporarily situated position of the base plate in the patient's mouth is observed, preferably via an x-ray. The temporarily situated position of the base plate in the patient's mouth is assessed to determine predetermined locations at which drill holes for facilitating the fixed securement of the restorative teeth in the patient's mouth are to bored.
Claims8
A method for producing a dental restoration element which is to be secured in the mouth of a dental patient, comprising:
- providing a base plate with restorative teeth thereon, the base plate being formed, preferably by the taking of an impression, in correspondence with the mouth of the patient in which the restorative teeth are to be fixedly secured, and the restorative teeth being ready made, preferably x-ray opaque, restorative teeth which are preferably secured to the base plate by at least one of an adhesive means and a polymerizable securement means;
- temporarily situating the base plate with the restorative teeth thereon in the patient's mouth;
- observing the temporarily situated position of the base plate in the patient's mouth via a selected one of an x-ray assisted observation or a non x-ray assisted observation;
- assessing the temporarily situated position of the base plate in the patient's mouth to determine predetermined locations at which drill holes are to be bored, the drill holes serving for facilitating the fixed securement of the restorative teeth in the patient's mouth;
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- boring the drill holes at the predetermined drill hole locations.
A method for producing a dental restoration element which is to be secured in the mouth of a dental patient, comprising:
- providing a base plate with restorative teeth thereon, the base plate being formed in correspondence with the mouth of the patient in which the restorative teeth are to be fixedly secured and the restorative teeth being ready made x-ray opaque restorative teeth;
- temporarily situating the base plate with the restorative teeth thereon in the patient's mouth;
- observing the temporarily situated position of the base plate in the patient's mouth via an x-ray assisted observation;
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- assessing the temporarily situated position of the baseplate in the patient's mouth to determine the placement of the dental restoration element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.