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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120015328 | LIBRARY SELECTION IN DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN Presented herein are techniques methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable storage media for library selection in dental prosthesis design. Embodiments include presenting two or more dental morphology libraries for use in a dental plan and receiving a selection of... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110236855 | Multi-Colored Shaped Body The present invention relates to a multi-colored shaped body having layers arranged on top of one another for producing dental restorations, a process for its production and its use for the manufacture of dental restorations.... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110207087 | PREFORMED MALLEABLE DENTAL ARTICLES AND METHODS Protected hardenable dental article comprising a hardenable dental article comprising a base and at least one outer surface extending from the base, wherein at least the base and the at least one outer surface of the hardenable dental article comprise a hardenable denta... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110189632 | DENTAL COMPOSITIONS CROSSLINKABLE/POLYMERIZABLE BY CATIONIC PROCESS Improvedly storage stable dental compositions useful for the preparation of dental prostheses and for dental restoration containing a uniquely pretreated dental filler material.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110183298 | METHODS FOR MAKING DENTAL RESTORATIONS USING TWO-PHASE LIGHT-CURING MATERIALS Methods for making dental crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, veneers, fillings, and other restorations are provided. The methods involve using a two-phase light curing (TPLC) material. Preferably, the TPLC material used to form the dental restoration comprises a blend of ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110151411 | DENTAL APPLIANCE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A DENTAL APPLIANCE AND USE THEREOF The invention relates to a process for producing a dental appliance, the process comprising the steps of a) providing a mixture of a liquid, an inorganic binder precursor being able to undergo a sol/gel reaction and a glass or glass ceramic powder, b) casting the mixtur... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110129800 | Accurate analogs for prosthesis using computer generated anatomical models Pre-surgical planning for cranial and facial reconstruction includes preparing a computer generated jaw or skull model for determining a locational position for a dental implant, a surgical bone implant to repair missing bone in the cranium, install ear prostheses, and/... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110081627 | Methods for making provisional and long-term dental crowns and bridges The invention provides methods of making provisional and long-term dental restorations, particularly dental veneers, crowns and bridges. In one embodiment, the restoration can be fabricated indirectly by a dental laboratory. In another version, a dental practitioner can... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110070562 | DENTAL PROSTHESIS MANUFACTURING PROCESS, DENTAL PROSTHESIS PATTERN & DENTAL PROSTHESIS MADE THEREBY A dental prosthesis is made by first forming a model of a patient's dentition. A three dimensional digital data corresponding to the surfaces of the model is then created. Based on this data, a three dimensional digital data file is then created substantially correspond... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110027759 | METHODS FOR PREPARING CHAIR-SIDE DENTAL CROWNS The invention provides a method of forming dental restorations, particularly dental crowns. The method involves applying a flexible spacer material having a polymerization system capable of being activated by light to a prepared tooth surface. A composite crown-forming ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100297587 | DENTAL CROWNS The present invention provides a dental crown formed of an elastically thermoplastic polymer material, said crown comprising: a tooth shaped top surface; and flexible side surfaces, at least one of which includes inwardly directed bottom portion.... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100291505 | Haptically Enabled Coterminous Production of Prosthetics and Patient Preparations in Medical and Dental Applications The invention provides a method and system for substantially coterminous modification of a patient situation and a manufactured prosthetic to achieve the desired fit. Rather than utilizing a serial approach, a parallel approach is taken where both patient situation and ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100209876 | DENTAL BLANK AND METHOD OF MAKING A DENTAL CERAMIC BLANK A method of making a dental blank comprises the steps of independently compacting a first and second zone of a quantity of ceramic particles. During compacting, the first and second zones have different compaction factors in at least one stage. Such blanks may be pre-si... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100203480 | DENTAL CROWN SHELL AND METHOD OF USE A dental crown shell is disclosed, as well as a method of preparing the crown by in-situ polymerization of resin within a thin shell that undergoes an exothermic reaction that releases sufficient heat to bond the resin to the shell and form a durable crown for placement... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100167238 | System and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis and a dental prosthesis manufactured thereby A dental prosthesis is made by externally machining successive layers of wax, each of which is formed on a previous prosthesis layer and/or on a coping. Each wax layer is used to form a mold in situ over the previous prosthesis layer/coping, and the appropriate prosthes... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100112527 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN IMPLANTED DENTAL RESTORATION A method for fabricating an implant-based dental restoration includes attaching an abutment analog to a dental implant contained in a patient's mouth in an angularly indexed fashion. After an impression is made, an implant analog will be attached to the abutment analog,... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100092923 | Methods for production of dental prosthetics A method of producing a dental prosthetic includes preparing a coping, preparing a restoration, and attaching the coping to the restoration at a temperature less than about 850° C.... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100058588 | Machining of Ceramic Materials Milling strategies for machining dental ceramic materials are provided that reduce milling time while maintaining strength, accuracy and marginal integrity.... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100028836 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DENTAL PROSTHESES In the process for producing dental prostheses such as bridges, crowns implants, etc. from ceramic material, production is carried out at least by way of one CAD/CAM machining station. The ceramic material to be worked consists of an unsintered disk-shaped blank or one ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100028835 | PEDODONTIC/VETERINARY DENTAL CROWN SYSTEM A dental crown consisting essentially of stabilized zirconia. The dental crown is particularly suited for pedodontic and veterinary applications. The zirconia crown may be formed by one of several manufacturing processes. The formed crown exterior is polished and fine p... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100021868 | DENTAL CROWN FORMS AND METHODS Dental crown forms and methods of using them are disclosed. The dental crown forms may include one or more of the following features: a handle attached to the dental crown form at a location removed from the base of the dental crown form; a vented handle through which e... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100015573 | MATERIAL AND BLANK FOR DENTURES A material for dentures having a 3-point bending strength of at least 1300 MPa, dentures produced from said type of material, corresponding blank materials, a method for producing blanks, and a method for producing a denture part made from said material or a blank.... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090311649 | Method and material kit for the production of tooth replacement parts The process for producing tooth replacement parts is characterized in that curable tooth replacement material is introduced into a first mold of part of the human dentition, a positive model produced from a second mold is pressed into this material and the tooth replace... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090305195 | PREFORMED MALLEABLE SOLID CROWN A solid dental crown and methods of using the solid dental crown are disclosed. The solid dental crown includes, a self-supporting solid hardenable preformed dental crown having an external crown shape defined by an external crown surface. The external crown surface def... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090280455 | INTERACTIVE DENTAL RESTORATIVE NETWORK The invention relates to a computer readable medium that includes one or more programs for carrying out a method for restoration of a patient's tooth. The method includes the steps of generating an electronic image of a patient's tooth; providing a preliminary treatment... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090275000 | System and Method for Securing Multiple Ceramic Dental Blocks for Milling A system and method for milling dental prostheses in a CNC milling includes affixing a lateral side of each of a plurality of ceramic millable dental blanks to a lateral wall of a fixture; securing the fixture to a chuck of the milling machine; wet milling a single dent... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090274994 | Device and Method of Securing Dental Material for Production of Dental Prosthesis A system and method for milling dental prostheses in a CNC milling machine includes a larger millable dental blank receivable in a primary fixture of a milling machine and capable of being machined to form one or more dental prostheses; a plurality of smaller millable d... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090269723 | Methods for preparing chair-side dental crowns The invention provides a method of forming dental restorations, particularly dental crowns. The method involves applying a flexible spacer material having a polymerization system capable of being activated by light to a prepared tooth surface. A composite crown-forming ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090246739 | Furnace for the thermal treatment of a dental firing object A furnace for the thermal treatment of at least one dental firing object, comprising a housing, a firing chamber, a firing chamber base, a heating device, and at least one optical temperature detection element which can be used to detect a temperature in the firing cham... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090233258 | Method for Producing a Tooth Replacement Having a Multi-Layer Structure The invention is directed to a method for the production of an individual tooth replacement formed of multiple layers, for example, a removable tooth replacement, implant superstructures, bridges, crowns, partial crowns, onlays and inlays. According to the invention, th... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090215010 | Dental restoration and method for producing the same, and porcelain paste for dental restoration Provided is a dental restoration having improved conformity and bonding to a foundation. A method for producing such a dental restoration and a porcelain paste for the dental restoration are also provided. The dental restoration includes a ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090191512 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A DENTAL RESTORATION AND RESULTANT APPARATUS A process for making a dental restoration includes forming a dental restoration base, selecting a decal representing a natural oral cavity characteristic, and attaching the selected decal to the base. Thereafter, the decal and the dental restoration base are conditioned... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090186319 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING CUSTOM CROWN COPINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURES A method of manufacturing custom crown coping and infrastructures is provided. A metal portion (base) of an abutment is located in a model of a patient's mouth and the model is scanned. The data from the scan is then utilized to manufacture the ceramic portion of the ab... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090148816 | DESIGN OF DENTAL APPLIANCES Electronic models of components of dental appliances can be generated based on the outer surface of an electronic model of the dental appliance. The outer surface may be generated based on the dentition and anatomy of the patient. For example, automated processes may id... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090136902 | BLANK AS A DRILLING TEMPLATE AND FOR RECORDING DATA SETS Process for defining a common reference system between, on the one hand, a set of image data, which show the jaw (6) of a patient and which are recorded with an imaging process, and, on the other hand, a treatment template, which is attached in a removable manner... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090104585 | DENTAL FRAMEWORK A method of preparing a dental framework or mathematical model thereof comprises creating a replica of a patient's mouth or a framework to be inserted into the patient's mouth, electronically scanning the replica or framework, electronically determining a surface model ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090098513 | Coping material for prosthetic tooth crown with bio gold strip mechanically bonded at the lower brim thereof A coping material for a prosthetic crown is provided. The coping material according to current application is comprised of two portions which are mechanically bonded each other. The first portion is the main coping portion that is located beneath of the enamel layer of ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090098512 | METHOD FOR ARRANGING A BRIDGE IN A SET OF TEETH AND A BRIDGE FOR APPLICATION IN THAT METHOD Method for arranging a bridge (16) in a set of teeth. The bridge (16) comprises at least two crowns (17,18) placed fixedly therein. The bridge (16) is provided with cavities for receiving therein in at least practically fitting manner at leas... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090087817 | Method for producing a crown for an implant abutment A method of producing a crown for a custom implant abutment is carried out as follows. The method begins by preparing a patient's existing dental structures, viz., positioning a dental implant in the patient's mouth. Using a scanner device and associated modeling softwa... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090087818 | DENTAL PROSTHESIS MANUFACTURING PROCESS, DENTAL PROSTHESIS PATTERN & DENTAL PROSTHESIS MADE THEREBY A dental prosthesis is made by first forming a model of a patient's dentition. A three dimensional digital data corresponding to the surfaces of the model is then created. Based on this data, a three dimensional digital data file is then created substantially correspond... | 04/02/2009 |
