Method and apparatus for attaching a dental model to an articulator
AssigneeThe Silva Group
InventorRobert Silva
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system for removably supporting dental models on the upper and lower frame members of an articulator, the system including a base plate having one side adapted to support a die-stone dental replica, and an opposite side provided with shaped registration and socket structure, the system further including an adapter plate having one side adapted to be adhesively bonded to the upper or lower articulator frame-member, and the other side of each adapter plate structured for being snapped into engagement with the opposite side of the base plate to releasably hold it on the adapter plate.
Claims18
System for removably mounting a dental model to an articulator that includes a pair of upper and lower opposed frame members, said system including:
- a. a base plate having a configuration commensurate with at least one quadrant of a person's dental structure, wherein a bottom side of said base plate includes a plurality of spaced apart apertures, and wherein a top side of said base plate is adapted to be selectively attached to and detached from the dental model so that at least one segment of the dental model is selectively detachable and replaceable with respect to the base plate;
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- b. an adapter plate having a bottom side that is adapted for being secured to one of said upper or lower frame members, and a top side having a plurality of spaced support posts for engagement with the corresponding base plate apertures to releasably attach the adapter plate to the base plate.
System for removably mounting a dental model to an articulator that includes a pair of upper and lower opposed frame members, said system comprising:
- a base plate having a configuration commensurate with at least one quadrant of a person's dental structure, the base plate including a central portion and an arcuate flange portion extending laterally from the central portion, wherein a bottom side of the central portion includes a plurality of spaced apart apertures, and wherein a top side of the arcuate flange portion is adapted for releasable attachment to the dental model so that at least one segment of the dental model may be selectively detachable and replaced with respect to the arcuate flange portion;
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- an adapter plate having bottom side that is adapted for being secured to one of either said upper or said lower frame members of the articulator, and a top side having a plurality of spaced support posts for making latching engagement with the respective apertures in the central portion of the base plate to releasably attach the adapter plate to the base plate.
System for releasably attaching a dental model to an articulator that includes a pair of upper and lower opposed frame members, said system comprising:
- a base plate having a configuration commensurate with at least one quadrant of a person's dental structure, the base plate including a central portion and an arcuate flange portion extending laterally from the central portion, wherein a bottom side of the central portion includes a plurality of spaced apart apertures, and wherein a top side of the arcuate flange portion is adapted for supporting the dental model;
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- an adapter plate having a bottom side that is adapted for being secured to one of either said upper or said lower frame members of the articulator, and a top side having a central section and a flange extending laterally from the central section, the central section having a plurality of spaced support posts for making latching engagement with the respective apertures in the central portion of the base plate to releasably attach the adapter plate to the base plate with a finger-engagable space between the arcuate flange portion of the base plate and the flange of the adapter plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.