Dental superstructure, and a method of manufacture thereof
AssigneeBiomain AB
InventorSture Benzon
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Abstract
A dental superstructure with integrated spacers comprising a main body, wherein said superstructure is 5 intended to be connected to an osseointegrated dental implant, is provided. A manufacturing method thereof is also provided.
Claims15
A dental superstructure comprising a main body, wherein said superstructure is intended to be connected to an osseointegrated dental implant, wherein
- at least one integrated spacer, together with said superstructure milled from on single-piece blank, such that said spacer, in use, is providing space between said main body and said dental implant.
A method of manufacturing of a dental superstructure with at least one integrated spacer, comprising obtaining of stereo-data in respect of a dental situation of a patient, wherein by
- specifying information from said stereo-data, in form of position, dimension, angle, and/or shape of said at least one spacer,
- communicating said information and/or stereo-data to a computer, and
- shaping said dental superstructure from a single-piece blank, from coordinate combinations calculated by said computer.
A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for processing by a computer, the computer program comprising a code segment for specifying information from said stereo-data, in form of position, dimension, angle, and/or shape of said at least one spacer,
- a code segment for communicating said information and/or stereo-data to a computer, and
- a code segment for shaping said dental superstructure from coordinate combinations calculated by said computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.