Method of making a dental prosthesis

A method for making a dental restoration configured to receive and match a prepared tooth or an implant abutment, the method comprising:

• a) forming a precursor restoration from a first restorative material to have occlusal, mesial side, buccal, distal side, and lingual walls, with the buccal wall configured to be adjacent a patient's cheek, and the lingual wall configured to be adjacent a patient's tongue, the occlusal wall configured to face an opposing tooth, the mesial and the distal side walls each configured to face a different adjacent tooth;
• b) forming a concavity in the first restorative material outside of a patient's mouth and opposite the occlusal wall and between the mesial side, buccal, lingual and distal side walls adapted to receive and match the prepared tooth or the implant abutment;
• c) contouring the buccal wall to have substantially a desired final contour;
• d) grinding or milling the first restorative material to form at least one open space in an exterior of at least one of the mesial side wall or the distal side wall with the open space separated from the concavity by the first restorative material;
• e) heat hardening the precursor restoration defining a hardened precursor restoration;
• f) disposing and securing a fluoride releasing material in the at least one open space of the hardened precursor restoration after heat hardening, defining a final restoration, the fluoride releasing material having an exposed exterior surface;
• g) curing the fluoride releasing material while outside of a patient's mouth;
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• h) grinding the exposed exterior surface of the fluoride releasing material to match a contour of the final restoration.

A method for making a dental restoration configured to receive and match a prepared tooth or an implant abutment, the method comprising:

• a) receiving a margin line information of the prepared tooth or the implant abutment;
• b) forming a precursor restoration from a first restorative material outside of a patient's mouth to have occlusal, mesial side, buccal, distal side, and lingual walls, with the buccal wall configured to be adjacent a patient's cheek, and the lingual wall configured to be adjacent a patient's tongue, the occlusal wall configured to face an opposing tooth, the mesial and the distal side walls each configured to face a different adjacent tooth;
• c) creating a restoration margin line in the first restorative material corresponding with the margin line information of the prepared tooth or the implant abutment;
• d) forming a concavity in the first restorative material outside of the patient's mouth and opposite the occlusal wall and between the mesial side, buccal, lingual and distal side walls adapted to receive and match the prepared tooth or the implant abutment;
• e) contouring the buccal wall to have substantially a desired final contour;
• f) forming at least one open space in an exterior of at least one of the mesial side wall or the distal side wall with the open space separated from the concavity by the first restorative material, the open space adapted to have an open contact relationship, after heat hardening, with respect to a corresponding adjacent tooth due to the at least one open space;
• g) heat hardening the precursor restoration defining a hardened precursor restoration;
• h) disposing and curing a caries inhibiting material in the at least one open space of the hardened precursor restoration after heat hardening and while outside the patient's mouth, defining a final restoration, the caries inhibiting material having an exposed exterior surface, and with the first material having a higher temperature tolerance than the caries inhibiting material;
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• i) seating and securing the final restoration on the prepared tooth or the implant abutment inside the patient's mouth, and with the caries inhibiting material adapted to have a closed contact relationship with the corresponding adjacent tooth.

A method for making a dental restoration configured to receive and match a prepared tooth or an implant abutment, the method comprising:

• a) forming a precursor restoration from a first restorative material to have occlusal, mesial side, buccal, distal side, and lingual walls, with the buccal wall configured to be adjacent a patient's cheek, and the lingual wall configured to be adjacent a patient's tongue, the occlusal wall configured to face an opposing tooth, the mesial and the distal side walls each configured to face a different adjacent tooth;
• b) forming a concavity in the first restorative material opposite the occlusal wall and between the mesial side, buccal, lingual and distal side walls adapted to receive and match the prepared tooth or the implant abutment while outside a patient's mouth;
• c) contouring the buccal wall to have substantially a desired final contour;
• d) forming at least one open space in an exterior of at least one of the mesial side wall or the distal side wall with the open space separated from the concavity by the first restorative material;
• e) optionally heat hardening the precursor restoration if the first material does not have a strength substantially equivalent to a final restoration;
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• f) disposing and curing a caries inhibiting material in the at least one open space of the precursor restoration while outside of a patient's mouth, defining a final restoration, and with the precursor restoration having a desired contour on the buccal wall substantially the same as that of the final restoration, and with the concavity in the first restorative material adapted to contact the prepared tooth or the implant abutment when the final restoration is seated on the prepared tooth or the implant abutment inside the patient's mouth.

A method for making a dental restoration configured to receive and match a prepared tooth or an implant abutment, the method comprising:

• a) forming a precursor crown or bridge restoration outside of a patient's mouth with a first restorative material, comprising creating a restoration margin line in the first restorative material corresponding with a margin line of the prepared tooth when cut to receive the dental restoration or the implant abutment and forming a concavity in the first restorative material to match the prepared tooth or implant abutment;
• b) forming at least one open space in an exterior of a mesial side wall or a distal side wall of the precursor crown or bridge restoration with the open space separated from the concavity by the first restorative material;
• c) optionally heat hardening the precursor crown or bridge restoration if the first restorative material does not have a strength substantially equivalent to a final restoration;
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• d) disposing and curing a caries inhibiting material in the at least one open space of the precursor crown or bridge restoration while outside of the patient's mouth, defining a final restoration, and with the precursor crown or bridge restoration having a desired contour on the buccal wall substantially the same as that of the final restoration.