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Mass production of shells and models for dental restorations produced by solid free-form fabrication methods

  • US 20020064745A1
  • Filed: 09/05/2001
  • Published: 05/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for manufacturing a shell used in the manufacture of a dental restoration comprising:

  • (a) using digitized data to provide a shape for the shell;

    (b) depositing a layer of a polymeric material; and

    (c) repeating step (b) a number of times to produce a number of layers of the polymeric material which are bonded to one another to form the a shape of the shell based on the digitized data.

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