Customized dental impression tray
Assignee3Shape A/S
InventorRune Fisker
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for generating a virtual model of a customized impression tray and for manufacturing such a customized impression tray. A 3D digital representation of a patient's set of teeth is obtained and a virtual model of the customized impression tray is generated, where the generating comprises shaping the virtual model of the customized impression tray according to the 3D digital representation.
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A method generating a virtual model of a customized impression tray comprising labial and lingual side-walls, where said customized impression tray is for obtaining an impression of a set of teeth, said method comprising:
- a) obtaining a 3D digital representation of the set of teeth, where said 3D digital representation comprises a labial surface and a lingual surface of the set of teeth;
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- b) generating the virtual model of the customized impression tray, where the virtual model comprises portions corresponding to surfaces of the labial and lingual side-walls facing surfaces of the set of teeth, and where said generating comprises shaping the virtual model of the customized impression tray according to the 3D digital representation.
A method of manufacturing a customized impression tray adapted for being used in relation to obtaining an impression of a set of teeth where the customized impression tray comprises a lingual side-wall and a labial side-wall, said method comprising:
- a) obtaining a 3D digital representation of the set of teeth, where said 3D digital representation comprises a labial surface and a lingual surface of the set of teeth;
- b) generating a virtual model of the customized impression tray, where the virtual model comprises portions corresponding to surfaces of the labial and lingual side-walls facing surfaces of the set of teeth, and where said generating comprises shaping the virtual model of the customized impression tray according to the 3D digital representation;
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- c) manufacturing the customized impression tray from said virtual model.
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