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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157564 | Manufacturing method and apparatus of artificial teeth using dental CT The present invention discloses a manufacturing method and apparatus of artificial human teeth using dental CT. The method comprises the steps of: removing a damaged part of human teeth; obtaining surface coordinates of the teeth using a dental CT machine located at... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8105084 | 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 treat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8052424 | Method for making a dental restoration A series of ceramic ingots is provided in which each ingot in the series, referred to as base ingots, has a shade corresponding to a different shade of a shade guide. The number of differently shaded base ingots is less than the total number of shades associated wit... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8021154 | Method for manufacturing dental prostheses, method for creating a data record and computer-readable medium A method for manufacturing one or several dental prostheses, comprising the steps of: performing a rapid prototyping method for manufacturing one or several dental prostheses and subsequent working, such as reworking, of the one or several dental prostheses with a m... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7909607 | Method for designing a digital abutment for dental implant A method for designing a digital abutment for a dental implant includes the steps of: a) implant planning where implant planning is initiated based on digital data obtained from the patient and loaded into a computer system to enable an implant fixture to be implant... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7845947 | Dental mill blanks A dental mill blank comprising a resin, and a filler, wherein the blank is fabricated such that it passes a Thermal Shock Test. The mill blank is substantially free of cracks and discontinuities. Further, the blank may have superior cuttability and hardness. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7708560 | System and method for manufacturing dental prostheses The present invention is related to systems and methods for manufacturing dental prostheses, such as bridges and crowns. In particular, the present invention is directed to novel methods for managing machining jobs for manufacturing dental prostheses in a system hav... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7581953 | 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 treat... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7494339 | Compositions for use as dental crowns and methods for preparing dental crowns The invention provides a method of forming dental restorations, particularly dental crowns. The method involves applying a flexible cement composition to a prepared tooth surface. The composition is polymerized so that it substantially hardens. A composite crown-for... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7445449 | Continuous production crown core/crown making process A system for continuous production of prosthodontic pieces such as crown cores, crowns or the like is provided. The system utilizes turning and milling on a live center CNC machine of a rod stock of material for making the pieces such as Bio-HIP Y-TZP (High Heat and... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7383094 | Method for CNC milling a wax model of a dental prosthesis or coping A wax model of a required coping is produced using CNC machining techniques based on a virtual model of the coping created from digital data obtained from the intraoral cavity. The dental coping is then fabricated from the wax model. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7363239 | Arrangement for producing complete or partial dental products An arrangement for producing at least a part of a dental product including an interface configured to receive and transmit ordering and manufacturing data from a plurality of users of different dental treatment systems. Ordering, manufacturing, and quality operating... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357887 | Identifiable structures and systems and methods for forming the same in a solid freeform fabrication system Method and systems for producing three-dimensional objects. One exemplary method, among others, includes: forming an identifiable structure within the three-dimensional object. The identifiable structure within the three-dimensional object can be detected using a no... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341450 | Tooth shade scan system and method A tooth shade scan system is provided that identifies tooth shades for a patient's tooth. An electronic database of tooth shade information for a shade guide may be stored. The database may include shade information based on tooth regions (e.g., the incisal, central... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343305 | Method and system for recording carious lesions A method and system is provided for charting tooth decay to assist in caries management. Specifically, the invention provides a computer system, a Graphical User Interface(GUI), a method, and associated computer code for presenting an interactive tooth chart compris... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342668 | High speed multiple line three-dimensional digitalization A system provides high-speed multiple line digitization for three-dimensional imaging of a physical object. A full frame of three-dimensional data may be acquired in the same order as the frame rate of a digital camera. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338286 | Dental implant system An implant comprising two internal anti-rotational features. One anti-rotational feature is adapted to engage a driving tool, while the other anti-rotational feature is adapted to engage an abutment. An implant abutment system is provided with an angled abutment ada... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329126 | Use of bioactive glass Bioactive glasses may be used as air abrasive agents in methods for treating or preventing dental hard tissue and pulpal disorders, such as dental pain. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328077 | Method and system for automated mass manufacturing of custom tooth die models for use in the fabrication of dental prosthetics Methods and systems for treating teeth include capturing a digital dental model taken within an oral cavity; modifying the digital model in planning a dental treatment or in designing a tooth die model for a dental prosthetic; creating physical models from the origi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325433 | Press oven including an intermediate body, and method for use A press oven, especially for the pressing of dental material, includes a press stamp via which pressure can be exerted on a blank in a matrix mass of a muffle. An intermediate body is positionable between the press stamp and the blank and the heat conducting capabil... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312274 | Composition and method for use with ceramic matrix composite T-sections A composition is for use with fabricating a ceramic composite stiffening member that defines a T-section. The stiffening member includes a web portion, at least one flange portion, a radius region disposed between the web portion and the at least one flange portion,... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288361 | Lithographic printing process A lithographic printing process which comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to infrared light a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and a removable image-forming layer containing an infrared absorbing agent having the absorpti... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286954 | System and method for scanning an intraoral cavity According to the invention, a method and system are provided for scanning, and for facilitating scanning of, an intraoral cavity. The target parts of the intraoral cavity that it is desired to have scanned are identified, and the spatial relationships between a scan... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279238 | Pressable glass-ceramics with textured microstructure A pressable dental ceramic comprising a mixture of glass and glass-ceramic frits. A refractory filler is also combined with the frits. The dental ceramic contains an amount of leucite less than about 35 percent by weight. Other additives may be included such as pigm... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270592 | Milling machine The improved milling machine makes use of individually controlled x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis carriages. These carriages provide positive and precise control of the position of the cutting tools and the blank to be cut. The tools are located in spindles that are move... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259871 | Apparatus and method for rapid and precise scanning of three-dimensional occlusal profile of dental cast This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for rapid and precise scanning of the three-dimensional (3-D) profile of a dental cast. Disclosed is a measurement apparatus comprising two symmetrically arranged optical projection units and plural image capturing... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255562 | Dental mill blanks A dental mill blank comprising a resin and a filler, wherein the blank is fabricated such that it passes a Thermal Shock Test. The mill blank is substantially free of cracks and discontinuities. Further, the blank may have superior cuttability and hardness. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245753 | Method for determining dental alignment using radiographs A method for determining dental alignment of a 3-dimensional model of one or more teeth of a patient comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a radiograph of the teeth of the patient; (b) obtaining a digital image from the radiograph indicative of the dental alignment ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244122 | Methods for determining optical characteristics of dental objects Color measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic and receive light reflected from the surface of the object/tooth... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240839 | Color measurement apparatus operable as a pointing device, a computer display measurement device and a printer output measurement device A color measurement apparatus is adapted as an attachment for a personal computing system. An interface integral to the color measurement apparatus couples the color measurement apparatus to the personal computing system. A computer pointing device integral to the c... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234938 | Milling/grinding machine for the manufacture of dental-medical workpieces The invention relates to a milling/grinding machine for the manufacture of dental-medical or dental-technical workpieces, having a workpiece receiver (3) and a tool (7) which can be moved, with respect to a workpiece (1) arranged in the workpiec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236842 | 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 pros... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234937 | Unified workstation for virtual craniofacial diagnosis, treatment planning and therapeutics An integrated system is described in which digital image data of a patient, obtained from a variety of image sources, including CT scanner, X-Ray, 2D or 3D scanners and color photographs, are combined into a common coordinate system to create a virtual three-dimensi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229286 | Composite veneered cast glass-ceramic dental construct A dental construct according to the present invention includes a glass-ceramic coping having a resin composite material in the form of a veneer bonded or otherwise affixed to at least a portion of the coping. A method according to the invention of preparing the dent... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228191 | Method and apparatus for constructing crowns, bridges and implants for dental use A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture is disclosed for providing a dental crowns using electronic models, and more particularly to a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for creating dental crowns using a lost-wax manufacturing process from electr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226338 | Milling machine The improved milling machine makes use of individually controlled x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis carriages. These carriages provide positive and precise control of the position of the cutting tools and the blank to be cut. A tool changer allows the tools to be changed t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217131 | Method for dental restoration and kit Methods and kits of materials and supplies for forming a dental prosthesis by an injection molding process in situ in a patient's mouth so as to correct the imperfect teeth of the patient's dentition. The imperfect teeth are corrected by injection molding the dental... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215803 | Method and apparatus for interactive remote viewing and collaboration of dental images A method of dental restoration treatment utilizing the electronic delivery of an electronic model image of the dental restoration treatment. The method includes generating an electronic model image of a proposed dental restoration treatment; storing the electronic m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210934 | Dental prosthesis made of composite material and method for making same The invention concerns dental prostheses. It concerns a method for making a dental prosthesis of composite material by forming an adhesive interface between a metallic support and a cured ceramic material less than 3 mm thick, forming an intermediate interface by tr... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200642 | Method and apparatus for electronic delivery of electronic model images A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide a distributed computing system delivering and manipulating electronic model images to end users. One aspect of the present invention includes a method for providing electronic delivery of electronic model image... | 04/03/2007 |
