US 2018/0110603 A1 · PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL SYSTEMS FOR RECORDING AND SIMULATING DENTAL MOTION HAVING 3D CURVILINEAR GUIDED PATHWAYS AND TIMING CONTROLS

Abstract

One embodiment of the apparatus and method comprises a physical recording instrument (2000) for forming a right and a left side engraved analog (150), the analogs (150) being subsequently attached to a physical articulating instrument (3000), the analogs (150) with timing controls then serving as guides for simulating the motion of mounted patient dental models (142). Another embodiment comprises a digital recording system (4000) for generating the right and left side virtual engraved analogs (150), the analogs (150) being subsequently milled or digitally formed in a CNC rapid prototyping machine, the analogs (150) then being attached to the physical articulating instrument (3000), the analogs (150) with the timing controls serving as guides for simulating the motion. Some of the foregoing embodiments facilitate production of technologist fabricated dental restorative and orthodontic treatments. Another embodiment comprises the digital recording system (4000) for generating the right and left side virtual engraved analogs (150) and a virtual articulating instrument (5000) for virtual simulating of mandibular jaw motion. Some of these digital workflow embodiments facilitate production of milled or digitally fabricated dental restorative and orthodontic treatments.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus and method for recording and simulating of patent-specific mandibular jaw motion comprising;

a physical recording instrument 2000 that converts the patient's real-time jaw motion into a physical right side and a physical left side 3D curvilinear envelope-of-motion or plurality of pathways 154;
a physical articulating instrument 3000 that attaches and actively engages the pathways 154 with a right side and a left side guide pin 122;
the physical articulating instrument 3000 having a right and a left side genuine vertical rotation-center 164, the rotation-centers 164 being adjustably located.

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Physical and virtual systems for recording and simulating dental motion having 3d curvilinear guided pathways and timing controls

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Physical and virtual systems for recording and simulating dental motion having 3d curvilinear guided pathways and timing controls

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