Dental demonstration template and matching temporary overlay
OwnerMary Sue Stonischinventor
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Abstract
A dental prosthesis or template (10) simulates the front surfaces of a patient's teeth and is positioned to overlay over a patient's natural teeth (40) to provide an indication of what a dental porcelain overlay may look like once applied to the patient's teeth. A matching temporary veneer overlay (110) with simulated matching teeth sized and shaped to the template is constructed to be installed over the patient's prepared teeth.
Claims10
A dental demonstration and temporary overlay kit comprising:
- a demonstration dental template having unitary substrate curved to conform to the extrados arch of a patient's natural teeth, a rear surface shaped to abut against an outer side of patient's lower or upper natural teeth and to overlay on the patient's natural teeth, a front exposed surface having visual representation of a plurality of natural teeth, a proximate upper edge of said demonstration dental template at an upper end of said visual representation of said plurality of natural teeth defining a gum line, a lower incisal edge of said demonstration dental template defining a tooth end;
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- a temporary veneer overlay having a front surface matching in size and shape to the front exposed surface of said demonstrating template for use as a temporary overlay on said patient's natural teeth after preparation of said patient's teeth for fitting an overlay.
A dental demonstration and overlay kit comprising:
- a demonstration dental template having a unitary substrate curved to conform to the extrados arch of a patient's natural teeth with a front exposed surface having a visual representation of natural teeth;
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- a temporary veneer overlay having an outer surface matching the look of the front exposed surface of the demonstration template and constructed to fit with and bond to prepared teeth of the patient as a temporary overlay.
A temporary veneer overlay for use over a patient's natural teeth prepared for fitting an overlay comprising:
- a full curve to conform to the extrados arch of a patient's teeth;
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- a front section simulating a plurality of incisors.
A method for setting the vertical and horizontal planes of a dental prosthesis overlay and installing a matching temporary overlay comprising:
- preparing natural teeth for the installation of a porcelain overlay;
- applying a setting paste to envelope said prepared natural teeth to form a series of mold cavities lying along a tooth plane of said natural teeth positioning a dental template on said paste at a desired vertical and horizontal facial planes such that said template appears vertical and horizontal relative to the vertical and horizontal facial planes;
- setting said paste with said dental template in a set position;
- removing said paste and template as an assembled unit from said prepared natural teeth such that said gel mold cavities correspond in negative shape to said natural teeth forming along said tooth plane and with said dental template maintaining the set position to record the position of the vertical and horizontal facial planes of the template relative to the tooth plane of said natural teeth;
- filling a cavity in a temporary overlay which has simulated teeth that match the look of said dental template with a curing agent and placing the temporary overlay over the prepared teeth;
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- curing the curing agent to temporarily bond the temporary overlay with said prepared teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.