Methods of Designing and Manufacturing Customized Dental Prosthesis for Periodontal or Osseointegration and Related Systems
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a dental implant to replace a non-functional natural tooth positioned in a jawbone of a specific pre-identified patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving data describing a dental anatomy associated with a non-functional natural tooth positioned in a jawbone of a specific pre-identified patient to include a three-dimensional outer surface shape of at least portions of a root of the non-functional natural tooth and data describing a three-dimensional outer surface shape of least portions of a crown of the non-functional natural tooth and surrounding gum tissue prior to removal of the non-functional natural tooth from the jawbone of the specific pre-identified patient, to define received data;
forming at least one three-dimensional virtual model of at least portions of the non-functional natural tooth positioned in the jawbone of the specific pre-identified patient responsive to at least portions of the received data, the at least one three-dimensional virtual model of the non-functional natural tooth including a modeled virtual root portion and a modeled virtual crown portion; and
designing a dental implant based upon the at least one virtual model of at least portions of the non-functional natural tooth, the step of designing the dental implant including the steps of;
forming a virtual dental implant body modeling a dental implant body, the virtual dental implant body having a virtual prosthesis interface modeling a prosthesis interface of the dental implant body to receive an occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component, the step of forming a virtual dental implant body including forming the virtual prosthesis interface to have a three-dimensionally contoured implant body surface shape at least partially correlated to a surface shape of an occlusally-facing surface of the modeled virtual crown portion, andforming a virtual occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component modeling an occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component, the step of forming a virtual occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component including forming a complementing virtual dental implant body-receiving surface to define a complementing virtual interface surface modeling a complementing interface surface to receive occlusally-facing portions of the dental implant body, the prosthesis interface and the complementing interface surface to create a form locking fit therebetween.
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Abstract
Methods of manufacturing dental prosthesis/implants each to replace a non-functional natural tooth positioned in a jawbone of a specific pre-identified patient are provided. An example method includes the steps of receiving imaging data such as x-ray image data and surface scan data of a dental anatomy and/or a physical impression of the dental anatomy of a specific preidentified patient. The steps can also include forming a three-dimensional virtual model of at least portions of a non-functional natural tooth positioned in the jawbone of the specific pre-identified patient based on the imaging and surface scan data, virtually designing a dental implant based upon the virtual model, exporting the data describing the designed dental implant to a manufacturing machine, and custom manufacturing the dental implant for the specific patient.
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51 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a dental implant to replace a non-functional natural tooth positioned in a jawbone of a specific pre-identified patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving data describing a dental anatomy associated with a non-functional natural tooth positioned in a jawbone of a specific pre-identified patient to include a three-dimensional outer surface shape of at least portions of a root of the non-functional natural tooth and data describing a three-dimensional outer surface shape of least portions of a crown of the non-functional natural tooth and surrounding gum tissue prior to removal of the non-functional natural tooth from the jawbone of the specific pre-identified patient, to define received data; forming at least one three-dimensional virtual model of at least portions of the non-functional natural tooth positioned in the jawbone of the specific pre-identified patient responsive to at least portions of the received data, the at least one three-dimensional virtual model of the non-functional natural tooth including a modeled virtual root portion and a modeled virtual crown portion; and designing a dental implant based upon the at least one virtual model of at least portions of the non-functional natural tooth, the step of designing the dental implant including the steps of; forming a virtual dental implant body modeling a dental implant body, the virtual dental implant body having a virtual prosthesis interface modeling a prosthesis interface of the dental implant body to receive an occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component, the step of forming a virtual dental implant body including forming the virtual prosthesis interface to have a three-dimensionally contoured implant body surface shape at least partially correlated to a surface shape of an occlusally-facing surface of the modeled virtual crown portion, and forming a virtual occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component modeling an occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component, the step of forming a virtual occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component including forming a complementing virtual dental implant body-receiving surface to define a complementing virtual interface surface modeling a complementing interface surface to receive occlusally-facing portions of the dental implant body, the prosthesis interface and the complementing interface surface to create a form locking fit therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of manufacturing a dental implant to replace a non-functional natural tooth positioned in a jawbone of a specific pre-identified patient, the method comprising the step of:
designing a dental implant based upon at least one virtual model of at least portions of a non-functional natural tooth positioned in a jawbone of a specific pre-identified patient, the at least one three-dimensional virtual model of the non-functional natural tooth including a modeled virtual root portion and a modeled virtual crown portion, the step of designing the dental implant including the steps of; forming a virtual dental implant body modeling a dental implant body, the virtual dental implant body having a virtual prosthesis interface modeling a prosthesis interface of the dental implant body to receive an occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component, the step of forming a virtual dental implant body including forming the virtual prosthesis interface to have a three-dimensionally contoured implant body surface shape at least partially correlated to a surface shape of an occlusally-facing surface of the modeled virtual crown portion, and forming a virtual occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component modeling an occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component, the step of forming a virtual occlusally-facing dental prosthesis component including forming a complementing virtual dental implant body-receiving surface to define a complementing virtual interface surface modeling a complementing interface surface to receive occlusally-facing portions of the dental implant body, the prosthesis interface and the complementing interface surface to create a form locking fit therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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