Patent classifications
A61C8/009
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AMOUNT OF BONE GRAFT, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIA, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
Embodiments may provide a method for measuring a site of bone graft and an amount of bone graft around a virtual fixture. To this end, according to embodiments, a type of bone defect may be determined based on bone density information of an alveolar bone around a virtual fixture, and the site of bone graft and the amount of bone graft may be determined according to the determined type of bone defect. According to embodiments, there is an advantageous effect that accurate information can be provided to a user to enable precise grafting during implant surgery.
Optimized library solution for dental implants
Systems and methods are described herein for fitting of a dental analog. In an embodiment, a test block may be printed that includes a number of analog pockets of different sizes. A dental analog may be tested within the analog pockets to determine which analog pocket provides the best fit. Once the best fitting analog pocket is identified, a corresponding library file describing the geometry of that analog pocket is identified, and a dental prototype model may be 3D-printed using analog pocket geometry based on the analog library file. By printing using common printing parameters and the identified analog library file, the resulting printed dental prototype provides the same fit as the analog pocket identified within the test block. This use of a test block reduces or eliminates the need for iterative cycles of printing and testing multiple printed dental prototypes.
Method of Creating a Dental Implant Drill-guide
A method of creating a dental implant drill-guide is provided, comprising the steps of using mucosal impression data of an edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch having a plurality of orthodontic screws inserted into the osseous tissue thereof and which extend through the gingival mucosa, along with image data of the arch to determine dental implant position data for the insertion of one or more dental implants into the edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch relative to the positions of the plurality of orthodontic screws. It is then possible to create a dental implant drill-guide to guide the drilling of dental-implant cavities in the edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch, and subsequently create a dental implant drill-guide from the dental implant drill-guide parameter data, the dental implant drill-guide having a plurality of orthodontic screw-seats which are engagable with the said plurality of orthodontic screws.
MOLDS FOR CUSTOM DENTAL IMPLANT ABUTMENTS AND IMPRESSION POSTS
Molds for fabrication of custom and potentially modifiable abutments and impression posts for dental implants with various degrees of angulations (including zero degrees) and various dimensions are provided, with a generally oval shape that expands laterally upwards, a symmetrical or asymmetrical cross-section, and regular surfaces, that are fabricated as one piece, or as two coupling pieces snapping onto each other. Custom abutments achieve the development of a custom gingival emergence profile, three dimensionally, which is potentially modifiable according to the needs of each particular clinical case. Custom impression posts that correspond in dimensions and angulations to the abutments allow the accurate recording and transfer of the developed gingival emergence profile from the mouth onto the working cast, where the final implant prosthesis is fabricated. Custom abutments and impression posts have properties and design that allows their preparation and usage as temporary abutments for the cementation and support of temporary prostheses.
Dental impression, drilling template and method for providing a relative location for creating a drilling template
A dental impression that includes an underside and a connecting part. The underside has a negative form of at least one partial area of a jaw and at least one implant site located in the partial area of the jaw. The connecting part is a recess arranged on an upper surface of the dental impression opposite the underside in the area of the negative form of the implant site, and has a longitudinal axis defined along a depth direction of the recess. The recess has a geometry that is rotationally asymmetric about the longitudinal axis, and an external contour of the connecting part is asymmetrical in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the connecting part. The connecting part has a lowered base as a depth stop, the lowered base being within the recess and below the upper surface of the dental impression.
Method and system for generating a model of a subperiosteal dental implant device and customized implant head
A method for generating a virtual model of a subperiosteal dental implant device. The method comprises: obtaining a virtual mouth model of a patient providing a three-dimensional representation of at least a section of a jaw bone of a patient, using a non-invasive modelling method; positioning at least one replacement tooth in relation to the section of the jaw bone defined by the virtual mouth model; positioning at least one implant head at a respective implant position; and designing and generating a virtual model of the subperiosteal dental implant device having a shape at least partially derived from a shape of the section of the jaw bone defined by the virtual mouth model and at least a portion of each one of the at least one implant head extending from the subperiosteal dental implant device at the respective implant position.
Molds for custom dental implant abutments and impression posts
Molds for fabrication of custom and potentially modifiable abutments and impression posts for dental implants with various degrees of angulations (including zero degrees) and various dimensions are provided, with a generally oval shape that expands laterally upwards, a symmetrical or asymmetrical cross-section, and regular surfaces, that are fabricated as one piece, or as two coupling pieces snapping onto each other. Custom abutments achieve the development of a custom gingival emergence profile, three dimensionally, which is potentially modifiable according to the needs of each particular clinical case. Custom impression posts that correspond in dimensions and angulations to the abutments allow the accurate recording and transfer of the developed gingival emergence profile from the mouth onto the working cast, where the final implant prosthesis is fabricated. Custom abutments and impression posts have properties and design that allows their preparation and usage as temporary abutments for the cementation and support of temporary prostheses.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A MODEL OF A SUBPERIOSTEAL DENTAL IMPLANT DEVICE AND CUSTOMIZED IMPLANT HEAD
A method for generating a virtual model of a subperiosteal dental implant device. The method comprises: obtaining a virtual mouth model of a patient providing a three-dimensional representation of at least a section of a jaw bone of a patient, using a non-invasive modelling method; positioning at least one replacement tooth in relation to the section of the jaw bone defined by the virtual mouth model; positioning at least one implant head at a respective implant position; and designing and generating a virtual model of the subperiosteal dental implant device having a shape at least partially derived from a shape of the section of the jaw bone defined by the virtual mouth model and at least a portion of each one of the at least one implant head extending from the subperiosteal dental implant device at the respective implant position.
Device for Determining a Suitable Angulation of an Abutment for a Dental Implant, and Arrangement Comprising such a Device
A device is provided for determining the angulation of an abutment for a dental implant. The device includes a conical projection extending from a housing. The conical projection is adapted for insertion into a hole in the dental implant. A rotary body is disposed in the housing and is rotatable among a plurality of different angular positions relative to the conical projection. A rod-shaped indicator is connected to the rotary body. The rotary body can be secured to the housing in one of the angular positions by a locking device. The device may be part of an assembly that includes an indicator device having a receiving opening for accommodating the conical projection and an indicator scale that includes a plurality of marked sectors corresponding to a plurality of predefined abutments, respectively. The location of the rod-shaped indicator relative to the marked sectors indicates the predefined abutment that should be selected.
ORTHODONTIC IMPLANT STRUCTURE AND ORTHODONTIC IMPLANT JIG
An orthodontic implant structure (2) that is used by being implanted in bone in an oral cavity includes a first screw (6, 6B) having a screw body (6b) and an engaging portion (14), a plate securing implement (12, 13), a second screw, and a base plate having a first surface (4p) and a second surface (4q) and in which a first attachment hole (24A, 24B) and a second attachment hole (26) are formed.