Reference denture alignment jig, kit for preparing dentures, and method for preparing dentures using same
AssigneeTokuyama Dental Corporation
InventorsTatsuya YAMAZAKI, Kei NAKASHIMA, Youichi YAMAMOTO, Hitoshi MOTOHASHI
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Abstract
Provided is a reference denture alignment jig which guides reference dentures into an oral cavity or to an articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, and aligns the reference dentures in the oral cavity or in the articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, the jig having a reference denture holding portion for holding reference dentures.
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1-18. (canceled)
A standard denture alignment jig configured to guide a maxillary standard denture and a mandibular standard denture to an oral cavity or an articulator to which maxillary and mandibular edentulous jaw models are fixed and configured to align positions of the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture in the oral cavity or in the articulator to which the maxillary and mandibular edentulous jaw models are fixed,
- wherein the standard denture alignment jig comprises a standard denture retention unit including a maxillary standard denture retention groove and a mandibular standard denture retention groove and comprises a handle connected to the standard denture retention unit,
- wherein the maxillary standard denture retention groove and the mandibular standard denture retention groove are configured to retain the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture while maintaining occlusion between the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture, and
- the handle has a flat plate shape having a plane parallel to an occlusal plane between the maxillary standard denture and the mandibular standard denture retained by the standard denture retention unit, and the handle has a lower surface coplanar with an incisal edge of a maxillary anterior tooth of the maxillary standard denture.
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