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7600398 Method for making ceramic artificial dental bridges  
A method for making artificial tooth bridges including a ceramic densely sintered high strength individual core veneered with porcelain using powder metallurgical methods. The individual densely...
7555403 Method for manipulating a dental virtual model, method for creating physical entities based on a dental virtual model thus manipulated, and dental models thus created  
A 3D virtual model of an intra oral cavity in which at least a part of a finish line of a preparation is obscured is manipulated in virtual space by means of a computer or the like to create,...
7545372 Method and system for imaging a patient's teeth arrangement  
The invention provides a method and system for obtaining a three-dimensional representation of a patient's teeth arrangement. A three-dimensional physical teeth model is provided, having a surface...
7530811 Automatic crown and gingiva detection from the three-dimensional virtual model of teeth  
A method is provided for automatically separating tooth crowns and gingival tissue in a virtual three-dimensional model of teeth and associated anatomical structures. The method orients the model...
7488174 Method for defining a finish line of a dental prosthesis  
A computer-based prosthodontic method is provided, for enabling a dental practitioner to define a finish line of a dental prosthesis of at least one tooth to be fitted over a tooth preparation. The...
7473097 RFID tracking of patient-specific orthodontic materials  
Techniques are described for using radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track patient-specific materials throughout the manufacturing of indirect bonding trays. A series of RFID tags may...
7472789 Container for transporting and processing three-dimensional dentition models  
A method of transporting and processing a set of three-dimensional dentition models includes (a) providing a container having an outer shell containing a shock-absorbing core, wherein the core...
7452206 Dental cast model apparatus  
A dental cast model apparatus for the production and manipulation of dental model casts. The apparatus includes a model base having a mould adapted to produce a dental model. The model base is...
7442041 Three-dimensional occlusal and interproximal contact detection and display using virtual tooth models  
A method for monitoring tooth wear and a method for monitoring tooth wear and gingival recession and erosion by comparing three-dimensional virtual models at different times are described, as well...
7435083 Tooth path treatment plan  
Systems and methods are disclosed to prepare a malocclusion treatment plan by selecting a tooth treatment pattern from a library of predetermined tooth treatment patterns; and generating the...
7393211 Tooth preparation instrument and system of its use  
A dental computer analyzer including a housing to be placed over a tooth, a first camera mounted in the housing, a first transmission line connected to the first camera for transmitting signals...
7384266 Method and apparatus for manufacturing and constructing a physical dental arch model  
A method produces a physical dental arch model based on a three-dimensional (3D) digital dental arch model. The method includes smoothening the digital dental arch model to make the digital dental...
7361020 Dental tray containing radiopaque materials  
A method to create a digital model of a patient's teeth includes taking an impression of the patient's teeth using a radiopaque dental tray; scanning the impression and the dental tray using a...
7361018 Method and system for enhanced orthodontic treatment planning  
A method and system are disclosed for quickly arriving at a pre-set-up for the orthodontic treatment of a patient based up on the user specified parameters; and thereafter enabling the user in...
7361017 Virtual bracket library and uses thereof in orthodontic treatment planning  
An orthodontic workstation stores a library of virtual three-dimensional brackets in a memory. Each of the virtual brackets has a unique three-dimensional configuration and prescription. Typically,...
7335024 Methods for producing non-interfering tooth models  
A method produces a physical dental arch model having at least two physical tooth models. The method includes detecting the interference between two physical tooth models. If interference is...
7333874 Method and system for designing and producing dental prostheses and appliances  
A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity...
7331783 System and method for positioning teeth  
Methods and apparatus fit a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system by generating a computer representation of the masticatory system and computing an occlusion based on interactions...
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...
7320592 Defining tooth-moving appliances computationally  
Methods and corresponding apparatus for segmenting an orthodontic treatment path into clinically appropriate substeps for repositioning the teeth of a patient include providing a digital finite...
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...
7281927 Stable dental analog  
An implant analog includes an abutment that can be mounted in the dental lab replica of the relevant section of a patient's mouth more securely than heretofore possible. Because of the implant...
7278851 Pin construction for two-piece model and system  
A model and die system includes a working quadrant having an upper flat surface. Pin-receiving tapered bores are formed in the upper flat surface and a thin metallic foil covers the bores. Cast...
7278850 Dental impression tray  
The invention relates to a dental impression tray comprising a base and at least two walls defining said base. At least one of these walls is at least partially formed by hollow bodies made of...
7273368 Virtual orthodontic treatment  
A method for virtual orthodontic treatment is provided in which a virtual set of orthodontic components is associated, in a virtual space, with a first virtual three-dimensional image of teeth, and...
7247021 Subdividing a digital dentition model  
A computer or other digital circuitry is used to assist in the creation of a digital model of an individual component, such as a tooth or gum tissue, in a patient's dentition. The computer receives...
7241142 Root-based tooth moving sequencing  
Systems and methods are disclosed for repositioning the teeth of a patient by providing a digital model of each tooth of the patient; determining one or more root parameters from the digital model;...
7220124 Method for preparing a physical plaster model  
The invention provides a method for creating a physical teeth model. The method comprises the following steps: providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition...
7201575 Dental appliance and method for making  
A method for making a dental appliance is disclosed, including affixing a first blank piece of material to a second blank piece of material forming a combined blank. The first blank piece of...
7175435 Method, arrangement and program for a prosthetic installation  
In a method and arrangement for allocating prosthetic installation work between at least three parties (A, B, C) a dental situation and fixture application are simulated on a computer screen by the...
7172417 Three-dimensional occlusal and interproximal contact detection and display using virtual tooth models  
Occlusal contact between upper and lower virtual three-dimensional teeth of a patient when the upper and lower arches are in an occlused condition are determined and displayed to the user on a user...
7156661 Systems and methods for treatment analysis by teeth matching  
Systems and methods are disclosed for matching computer models of two sets of teeth each having corresponding matching regions includes calculating a difference for two sets of teeth shapes;...
7156660 Dental model pouring jig  
The dental model pouring jig of the present invention includes a base member that supports a model base support member and a mold support member. The model base support member is secured to the...
7156655 Method and system for comprehensive evaluation of orthodontic treatment using unified workstation  
A method and workstation for evaluation of an orthodontic treatment plan for a patient. The workstation is based on a computing platform having a graphical user interface, a processor and a...
7153135 Method for automatically creating a denture using laser altimetry to create a digital 3-D oral cavity model and using a digital internet connection to a rapid stereolithographic modeling machine  
A method is presented for rapidly making and delivering directly to a consumer a full upper and/or lower denture on the basis of contemporaneous digital image information laser scanned from the...
7123767 Manipulating a digital dentition model to form models of individual dentition components  
A programmed computer is used to create a digital model of an individual component of a patient's dentition. The computer obtains a 3D digital mode of the patient's dentition, identifies points in...
7121826 Method of manufacturing an orthodontic model, and an orthodontic model produced thereby  
An orthodontic model has a single block body made of catalyzing acrylic resin with a pair of prism boxes inversely positioned and interconnected by a pair of posterior walls with a window, the...
7118375 Method and system for dental model occlusal determination using a replicate bite registration impression  
Systems and methods for imaging a dental occlusal registration impression; developing a digital 3D surface contour model of the occlusal registration impression from the image data; electronically...
7112065 Method for defining a finish line of a dental prosthesis  
A computer-based prosthodontic method is provided, for enabling a dental practitioner to define a finish line of a dental prosthesis of at least one tooth to be fitted over a tooth preparation. The...
7110594 Manipulating a digital dentition model to form models of individual dentition components  
A programmed computer is used to create a digital model of an individual component of a patient's dentition. The computer obtains a 3D digital model of the patient's dentition, identifies points in...
7083413 Method for producing dental models  
An improved method for producing dental models through use of a dough-like modeling filler material as a base, embedding a dental preliminary impression in such based, using a spring-form mold ring...
7080979 Method and workstation for generating virtual tooth models from three-dimensional tooth data  
A method is described for taking a three-dimensional virtual model of the dentition and associated anatomical structures of a patient and isolating individual teeth from the rest of the anatomical...
7077647 Systems and methods for treatment analysis by teeth matching  
Systems and methods are disclosed for matching computer models of two sets of teeth includes calculating a difference for two sets of teeth shapes; finding the position of one set of teeth with...
7074039 Method and system for assessing the outcome of an orthodontic treatment  
A virtual orthodontic treatment method and a system thereof, the method comprising the following: providing a virtual diagnostic setup model of teeth of at least one jaw of an individual,...
7063532 Subdividing a digital dentition model  
A computer or other digital circuitry is used to assist in the creation of a digital model of an individual component, such as a tooth or gum tissue, in a patient's dentition. The computer receives...
7037111 Modified tooth positioning appliances and methods and systems for their manufacture  
The present invention provides improved devices, systems and methods for producing dental molds, each having portions representing a patient's oral soft tissue and a desired tooth configuration....
7020325 3-dimension scanning system for computer-aided tooth modelling and method thereof  
Disclosed is a 3-dimension (3D) scanning system for a computer-aided tooth modeling capable of extracting a configuration of a tooth into a 3D configuration data in a short time. The 3D scanning...
7018208 Dental device  
A device for the manufacture of a cast, in particular a dental aid from a preheated workable substrate. The device comprises a hollow body having an essentially flat first side being provided with...
7018207 Dental implant analog having retention groove for soft tissue modeling  
An implant analog is for supporting an article that is used to develop a dental prosthesis. The analog provides a main body for being anchored in a model of a mouth of a patient. The main body...
6978188 Method for contouring bone reconstruction plates  
Systems and methods are provided for designing and producing custom-made templates for implantation or for pre-contouring metallic or polymer implantable plates prior to surgery. According to one...
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