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Artificial teeth easily enabling bilateral balanced occlusion

  • US 8,128,404 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2007
  • Issued: 03/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A set of artificial teeth comprising:

  • an artificial tooth for maxillary first premolar (T4) havingtwo facets, a protrusive facet (f7) and a retrusive facet (f8), situated around a buccal cusp apex (C1), andone facet, a balancing facet (f9), situated around a lingual cusp apex (C2),wherein, of angles formed by the protrusive facet (f7) near the buccal cusp apex (C1) with an occlusal plane (P1), the angle in cross section along a sagittal plane (P2) is 24.5°

    to 27.5°

    , and the angle in cross section along a coronal plane (P3) is 8.5°

    to 16.4°

    ,wherein, of angles formed by the retrusive facet (f8) near the buccal cusp apex (C1) with the occlusal plane (P1), the angle in cross section along the sagittal plane (P2) is 18.5°

    to 27.0°

    , and the angle in cross section along the coronal plane is 10.0°

    to 18.0°

    , andwherein, of angles formed by the balancing facet (f9) near the lingual cusp apex (C2) with the occlusal plane(P1), the angle in cross section along the sagittal plane (P2) is 1.5°

    to 4.5°

    , and the angle in cross section along the coronal plane (P3) is 29.5°

    to 35.5°

    ; and

    an artificial tooth for mandibular first premolar (T11) havingtwo facets, a protrusive facet (f31) and a retrusive facet (f32), situated around a buccal cusp apex (C12),one facet, a balancing facet (f33), situated along a distal marginal ridge, andone facet, a protrusive facet (f34), situated around a lingual cusp apex,wherein, of angles formed by the protrusive facet (f31) near the buccal cusp apex (C12) with the occlusal plane (P1), the angle in cross section along the sagittal plane (P2) is 38.0°

    to 41.0°

    , and the angle in cross section along the coronal plane (P3) is 5.0°

    to 8.5°

    ,wherein, of angles formed by the retrusive facet (f32) near the buccal cusp apex (C12) with the occlusal plane (P1), the angle in cross section along the sagittal plane (P2) is 7.0°

    to 17.5°

    , and the angle in cross section along the coronal plane (P3) is 9.0°

    to 15.5°

    ,wherein, of angles formed by the balancing facet (f33) near the distal marginal ridge with the occlusal plane (P1), the angle in cross section along the sagittal plane (P2) is 15.0°

    to 24.0°

    , and the angle in cross section along the coronal plane (P3) is 29.0°

    to 32.0°

    , andwherein, of angles formed by the protrusive facet (f34) near the lingual cusp apex with the occlusal plane (P1), the angle in cross section along the sagittal plane (P2) is 3.5°

    to 10.0°

    , and the angle in cross section along the coronal plane (P3) is 1.0°

    to 5.0°

    ;

    wherein the facets make the following contacts in intercuspation,the retrusive facet (f8) of the artificial tooth for maxillary first premolar (T4) contacts the retrusive facet (f32) of the artificial tooth for mandibular first premolar (T11), andthe balancing facet (f9) of the artificial tooth for maxillary first premolar (T4) contacts the balancing facet (f33) of the artificial tooth for mandibular first premolar (T11);

    wherein the facets have the following gliding motility when functioning as a working side in lateral movements,the retrusive facet (f8) of the artificial tooth for maxillary first premolar (T4) glides along the retrusive facet (f32) of the artificial tooth for mandibular first premolar (T11); and

    wherein, the facets have the following gliding motility when functioning as a balancing side in lateral movements,the balancing facet (f9) of the artificial tooth for maxillary first premolar (T4) glides along the balancing facet (f33) of the artificial tooth for mandibular first premolar (T11).

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