Dental restoration
AssigneeDigitalPrep Technologies, Inc.
InventorsYunoh Jung, Daniel Yonil Jung
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Abstract
A dental restoration technology is described. A file of a digital model of at least one tooth to undergo a dental restoration procedure is opened. A direction of a cut to be performed in the dental restoration procedure is selected. A bur is selected to be used in the dental restoration procedure. A cut line is drawn to be performed in the dental restoration procedure with the bur. A set of guide slots are generated that are remotely located laterally from the cut line. A cutting guide is modeled based in part on the digital model, the direction of the cut, the bur, the cut line, and the guide slots. A file of the cutting guide is saved.
Claims20
A dental restoration method comprising:
- under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions:
- opening a file of a digital model of at least one tooth to undergo a dental restoration procedure;
- selecting a direction of a cut to be performed in the dental restoration procedure;
- selecting a bur to be used in the dental restoration procedure;
- drawing a cut line to be performed in the dental restoration procedure with the bur;
- generating a set of guide slots that are remotely located laterally from the cut line;
- modeling a cutting guide based in part on the digital model, the direction of the cut, the bur, the cut line, and the guide slots;
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- saving a file of the cutting guide.
A graphical user interface under the control of one or more computer systems, the graphical user interface comprising:
- a digital model of at least one tooth;
- an X-ray computed tomography scan (CT scan) overlaid on the digital model;
- a dental restoration procedure selector to select a dental restoration procedure for the digital model;
- an image direction setting tool to set an occlusal direction of the digital model;
- a drawing tool to draw a cut line for the dental restoration procedure within the digital model;
- a bur selection tool to select a bur for the dental restoration procedure within the digital model;
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- an insertion axis selection tool to select an insertion axis for the bur for the dental restoration procedure within the digital model.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform a dental restoration method, the method comprising:
- providing a digital model of at least one tooth;
- setting an image direction for the digital model;
- selecting a dental restoration procedure for the digital model;
- drawing a cut line for the dental restoration procedure within the digital model;
- selecting a bur for the dental restoration procedure within the digital model;
- selecting an insertion axis for the bur for the dental restoration procedure within the digital model;
- modeling a cutting guide for the dental restoration procedure within the digital model based in part on the image direction, the cut line, the bur, and the insertion axis;
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- placing an undercut bump against the at least one tooth in the digital model to include the undercut bump on the cutting guide to help hold the cutting guide in place while performing the dental restoration procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.