Method for manufacturing dental implant components
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a rapid prototype of a patient'"'"'s dentition for use in creating a patient specific prosthetic comprising the acts of:
- taking an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker attached to the dental implant;
preparing a stone model based on the impression, the stone model including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker;
scanning the model;
generating scan data from the scanning of the model;
transferring the scan data to a CAD program;
creating a three-dimensional model of the installation site on the CAD program using the scan data;
determining the at least one informational marker to gather information for manufacturing the rapid prototype of the patient'"'"'s dentition;
developing the rapid prototype dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image and the at least one informational marker;
transferring the rapid prototype dimensional information to a rapid prototyping machine; and
fabricating the rapid prototype of the patient'"'"'s dentition including a dental implant analog receptacle on the rapid prototyping machine using the rapid prototype dimensional information.
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Abstract
A method for making a rapid prototype of a patient'"'"'s mouth to be used in the design and fabrication of a dental prosthesis. The method takes an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker attached to the dental implant. A stone model is prepared based on the impression, including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker. The model is scanned. Scan data is generated from the scanning. The scan data is transferred to a CAD program. A three-dimensional model of the installation site is created in the CAD program. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information for manufacturing the rapid prototype. Rapid prototype dimensional information is developed. The rapid prototype dimensional information is transferred to a rapid prototyping machine which fabricate a rapid prototype of the patient'"'"'s dentition as well as a dental implant analog position.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a rapid prototype of a patient'"'"'s dentition for use in creating a patient specific prosthetic comprising the acts of:
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taking an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker attached to the dental implant; preparing a stone model based on the impression, the stone model including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker; scanning the model; generating scan data from the scanning of the model; transferring the scan data to a CAD program; creating a three-dimensional model of the installation site on the CAD program using the scan data; determining the at least one informational marker to gather information for manufacturing the rapid prototype of the patient'"'"'s dentition; developing the rapid prototype dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image and the at least one informational marker; transferring the rapid prototype dimensional information to a rapid prototyping machine; and fabricating the rapid prototype of the patient'"'"'s dentition including a dental implant analog receptacle on the rapid prototyping machine using the rapid prototype dimensional information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of creating a dental laboratory model upon which a prosthetic tooth is created comprising:
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scanning a model of a patient'"'"'s mouth having a replicated portion of a healing abutment; creating a CAD model from data acquired by the scanning; using a rapid prototype technique to create the dental laboratory model from the CAD model, the dental laboratory model including an implant analog at a location corresponding to the replicated portion of the healing abutment. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of creating a dental laboratory model upon which a prosthetic tooth is created comprising:
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scanning a patient'"'"'s mouth including a portion of a healing abutment; creating a CAD model from data acquired by the scanning; and using a rapid prototype technique to create the dental laboratory model from the CAD model, the dental laboratory model including an implant analog at a location corresponding to the portion of the healing abutment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for creating a prosthesis for an implantation site in a patient'"'"'s mouth comprising:
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taking an impression of the patient'"'"'s mouth at the implantation site, the impression including an impressed area corresponding to a healing abutment attached to an implant at the implantation site; creating a stone model from the impression; developing a computer model from the stone model; creating a custom dental abutment on the computer model; creating a rapid prototype model from the computer model; attaching the dental abutment to the rapid prototype model; and forming tooth-like material around the abutment.
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17. A method of creating a dental laboratory model upon which a prosthetic tooth is created, comprising:
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scanning a patient'"'"'s mouth including a portion of a component attached to an underlying implant to which the prosthetic tooth is to be coupled, the component providing information regarding the underlying implant; creating a CAD model from data acquired by the scanning; designing a patient-specific abutment to be attached to the implant by use of the CAD model; and using a rapid prototype technique to create the dental laboratory model from the CAD model, the dental laboratory model including a patient-specific abutment portion that corresponds to the patient-specific abutment. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 37, 38)
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24. A method of creating a dental laboratory model upon which a prosthetic tooth is created, comprising:
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scanning a patient'"'"'s mouth including a portion of an attachment member that is attached to a dental implant installed in the patient'"'"'s mouth, the attachment member including at least one information marker for providing location information about the dental implant to which the attachment member is attached; creating a CAD model from data acquired by the scanning, the data including information-marker data associated with the information marker; and using a rapid prototype technique to create the dental laboratory model from the CAD model, the dental laboratory model including an implant analog at a location corresponding to the implant in the patient'"'"'s mouth. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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