Pre-forms and methods for using same in the manufacture of dental prostheses

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a dental restoration pre-form for use in a making a dental prosthesis is disclosed comprising providing a design of the prosthesis and a protocol for manufacturing the prosthesis and producing a dental restoration material pre-form having three dimensional (3D) characteristics based on said design of the prosthesis and steps of the protocol. There is also disclosed a method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis comprising providing dental restoration material pre-form having an associated 3D digital map, the 3D map comprising information on a spatial distribution of characteristics of the pre-form; and processing the pre-form according to a processing protocol the protocol based on a design of the prosthesis and the 3D map of the pre-form. Additionally, there is provided a system for manufacturing dental prosthesis comprising: a pre-form production unit, a pre-form processing unit, and a processor operationally coupled to the pre-form processing unit to execute a processing of the pre-form based on a selected processing protocol.

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