Manufacturing of a dental implant superstructure
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1. A method of pre-operatively manufacturing a superstructure adapted to be mounted to jawbone implants above the gum surface to support a dental prosthesis, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining a three-dimensional graphic computer model of a jawbone;
b) selecting at least two virtual implant positions using said model;
c) prior to a surgical operation for positioning at least two implants in the patient'"'"'s jawbone, using said data on said at least two virtual implant positions to design a virtual model of a superstructure directly on the three-dimensional graphic computer model, the superstructure having at least two dental implant abutting flanges positioned and configured in accordance with each of said at least two virtual implant positions; and
d) fabricating the superstructure based on the virtual model thereof.
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Abstract
Dental implant drill holes and the shape of a dental implant superstructure are chosen by creating a computer model giving jawbone structural details, gum surface shape information and proposed teeth or dental prosthesis shape information. The computer model shows the bone structure, gum surface and teeth images properly referenced to one another so that implant drill hole positions can be selected taking into consideration proper positioning within the bone as well as proper positioning with respect to the dental prosthesis. Similarly, manufacture of the dental implant superstructures used for fixed dental prosthesis or overdentures can be designed based on knowledge of the actual implant positions referenced to an image of the gum surface and proposed dental prosthesis.
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1. A method of pre-operatively manufacturing a superstructure adapted to be mounted to jawbone implants above the gum surface to support a dental prosthesis, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) obtaining a three-dimensional graphic computer model of a jawbone; b) selecting at least two virtual implant positions using said model; c) prior to a surgical operation for positioning at least two implants in the patient'"'"'s jawbone, using said data on said at least two virtual implant positions to design a virtual model of a superstructure directly on the three-dimensional graphic computer model, the superstructure having at least two dental implant abutting flanges positioned and configured in accordance with each of said at least two virtual implant positions; and d) fabricating the superstructure based on the virtual model thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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