Method and apparatus for manufacturing and constructing a physical dental arch model
First Claim
1. A method for producing a physical dental arch model based on a three-dimensional (3D) digital dental arch model, comprising:
- smoothening the digital dental arch model to make the digital dental arch model suitable for CNC based manufacturing;
segmenting the digital dental arch model into at least two manufacturable digital components;
producing manufacturable physical components using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) based manufacturing in accordance with the manufacturable digital components; and
assembling the manufacturable physical components to form the physical dental arch model.
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Abstract
A method produces a physical dental arch model based on a three-dimensional (3D) digital dental arch model. The method includes smoothening the digital dental arch model to make the digital dental arch model suitable for CNC based manufacturing, segmenting the digital dental arch model into at least two manufacturable digital components, producing manufacturable physical components using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) based manufacturing in accordance with the manufacturable digital components, and assembling the manufacturable physical components to form the physical dental arch model.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for producing a physical dental arch model based on a three-dimensional (3D) digital dental arch model, comprising:
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smoothening the digital dental arch model to make the digital dental arch model suitable for CNC based manufacturing;
segmenting the digital dental arch model into at least two manufacturable digital components;
producing manufacturable physical components using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) based manufacturing in accordance with the manufacturable digital components; and
assembling the manufacturable physical components to form the physical dental arch model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for producing a physical dental arch model, comprising:
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a computer storage device that stores a three-dimensional (3D) digital dental arch model;
a computer processor that can smoothen the digital data in the digital dental arch model and segment the digital dental arch model into at least two manufacturable digital components suitable for CNC based manufacturing; and
an apparatus that can produce manufacturable physical components in accordance with the manufacturable digital components, wherein the manufacturable physical components can be assembled to form the physical dental arch model. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A physical dental arch model assembled from a plurality of manufacturable physical components, comprising:
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two or more manufacturable physical components produced by Computer Numerical Control (CNC) based manufacturing in response to manufacturable digital components segmented from a three-dimensional (3D) digital dental arch model; and
a base adapted to receive the manufacturable physical components. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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