Base for physical dental arch model
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorHuafeng Wen
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Abstract
A method produces a base for physical tooth models. The method includes providing one or more cast materials in a container, pressing the underside of the physical tooth models into the one or more cast materials to produce impressions in the one or more cast materials, and solidifying the one or more cast materials having the impressions to produce the base that is adapted to receive the physical tooth models.
Claims32
A method for producing a base to receive physical models of one or more teeth, comprising:
- providing a cast material in a container;
- impressing undersides of a plurality of individual physical tooth models into the cast material to produce impressions of the undersides in the cast material, said plurality of individual physical tooth models comprising a portion of a dental arch, wherein individual physical tooth models of said plurality of individual physical tooth models having been obtained in such a manner that said individual physical tooth models may be joined with each other to form said portion of said dental arch;
- solidifying the cast material with the impressions to produce a base configured to receive the plurality of individual physical tooth models;
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- labeling the plurality of individual physical tooth models in a predetermined sequence.
A method for producing a base to receive physical models of one or more teeth, comprising:
- providing a cast material in a container;
- impressing undersides of a plurality of individual physical tooth models into the cast material to produce impressions of the undersides in the cast material, said plurality of individual physical tooth models comprising a portion of a dental arch, wherein individual physical tooth models of said plurality of individual physical tooth models having been obtained in such a manner that said individual physical tooth models may be joined with each other to form said portion of said dental arch;
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- solidifying the cast material with the impressions to produce a base configured to receive the plurality of individual physical tooth models, said solidifying comprising applying radiation.
A method for producing a base to receive physical models of one or more teeth, comprising:
- providing a cast material in a container;
- impressing undersides of a plurality of individual physical tooth models into the cast material to produce impressions of the undersides in the cast material, said plurality of individual physical tooth models comprising a portion of a dental arch, wherein individual physical tooth models of said plurality of individual physical tooth models having been obtained in such a manner that said individual physical tooth models may be joined with each other to form said portion of said dental arch;
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- solidifying the cast material with the impressions to produce a base configured to receive the plurality of individual physical tooth models, said solidifying comprising applying one or more crosslinking agents to the cast material to cause polymerization.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.