A dental prosthesis is disclosed includes a prosthetic tooth element comprising ceramic and a veneer located on a surface of the prosthetic tooth element, the veneer comprising cured dental composite. The prosthetic tooth element can be fixed to a mount in a patient's mouth using the same dental composite used for the veneer. A method of forming a prosthetic tooth element is disclosed including filling a mould that is formed at least partially from flexible polymeric material with a dental mixture comprising ceramic, and applying pressure to the filled mould to form a prosthetic tooth element comprising ceramic with a roughened surface.

The invention provides a dental prosthesis, comprising: an implant frame configured to be fixed into the mouth of a patient to support replacement of two or more teeth of the patient, the implant frame having an exterior surface, the exterior surface defining a first engagement profile; and an overlay adapted to be secured to the implant frame and to provide, or afford mounting of, the two or more teeth, the overlay having an internal cavity that extends along a substantial length of the overlay, the internal cavity defining a second engagement profile, wherein the second engagement profile is complementary to the first engagement profile, thereby allowing fitment of a substantial portion of the exterior surface of the implant frame within the internal cavity.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for generating an interdental filler model for a patient. Locations for ends of the interdental filler model may be determined. A curvature of the interdental filler model may be determined. A shape of the interdental filler model may be determined. A first arc may be determined for a first end of the interdental filler model and a second arc may be determined for a second end of the interdental filler model. A set of arcs may be interpolated between the first arc and the second arc. The set of arcs may be grounded on the patient's gingiva. The interdental filler model may be generated based on the set of arcs.

An improved method of a dental framework design and manufacturing, incorporating a dental framework design volume to eliminate framework or denture teeth modification post framework manufacturing.

The invention relates to a dental prosthesis part production method, wherein: a dental prosthesis part model is generated taking into account a dental model; a load analysis of the dental prosthesis part model is carried out; a first reinforcing structure model having a first shape and position is arranged inside the dental prosthesis part model and the dental prosthesis part model is reduced by a volume corresponding to the arranged first reinforcing structure model; the reduced dental prosthesis part model is divided into a lower partial volume and an upper partial volume; a lower part of the dental prosthesis part is produced from a first composite material according to the lower partial volume by means of the 3D printer; a first reinforcing structure corresponding to the first reinforcing structure model is arranged on the first part of the dental prosthesis part; and, by means of the 3D printer using the first composite material, an upper part of the dental prosthesis part according to the upper partial volume is placed onto the lower part of the dental prosthesis part comprising the arranged first reinforcing structure.

A set of baseline stents of people's teeth of different sizes may be used for a process to create temporary dental coverings. A range of sizes of the baseline stents may range from a smallest size to a largest size. A measurement of a stone-based model formed from a mold taken of the patient's natural teeth and gums may be made using a measurement tool. The measurement may include measuring from a left-side tooth to a corresponding right-side tooth. In an embodiment, unique identifiers (e.g., “A”-“N”) may be given to each of the baseline stents, and the measurement tool may show an identifier when the measurement is made. The baseline stent may be used to augment the model used to form a patient-specific stent used to take an impression of the patient's prepped teeth. The temporary dental coverings may be sculpted, shined, and attached to the prepped natural teeth.

Apparatus is provided for overdenture with horizontal implant. The apparatus presented comprises an overdenture and a horizontal implant. The horizontal implant is surgically implanted onto the patient's maxilla or mandible, typically on the outside of the bone. The overdenture and the horizontal implant have attachment components which couple together to attach the overdenture to the horizontal implant. The attachment components may comprise ball-and-socket attachments, with the ball components affixed to the overdenture and the socket components affixed to the horizontal implants. The present invention solves problems with currently available dental implants and overdentures.

Provided is a reference denture alignment jig which guides reference dentures into an oral cavity or to an articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, and aligns the reference dentures in the oral cavity or in the articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, the jig having a reference denture holding portion for holding reference dentures.

Disclosed herein is a mountable dental device for shaping a tooth of a subject. The device includes: (i) an anchoring member configured to be removably affixed to a jaw of a subject by securing thereof to one or more teeth of the subject, and (ii) a computerized numerical control (CNC) machine fixedly mounted or mountable on the anchoring member. The CNC machine is configured to have installed thereon and maneuver a dental turbine. When the anchoring member is affixed to the jaw, the device is supported by the subject. The anchoring member is adjustable such as to allow the affixing thereof to jaws of different subjects. The CNC machine is configured to control operation of the dental turbine in at least one dental tooth-shaping procedure on at least one tooth of the subject.

A polymerisable dental composite material comprising (i) 70 to 85% by weight of an inorganic filler component comprising at least one dental glass and optionally at least one amorphous metal oxide, (ii) 10 to 30% by weight of a mixture of at least two different urethane(meth)acrylates, (iii) 0.01 to 5% by weight of at least one di-, tri-, tetra- or multi-functional monomer not being a urethane(meth)acrylate, (iv) 0.01 to 10% by weight of at least one initiator, of an initiator system and optionally of at least one stabilizer and optionally of at least one pigment, wherein the total composition of the composite material amounts to 100% by weight, as well as a polymerized composite material having a flexural strength of greater than or equal to 200 MPa and an elastic modulus of 15 to 20 GPa for the production of indirect dentures.