Disclosed is a method for scanning an edentulous patent who has a denture, where an impression material arranged at the gum-facing surfaces of the dentures is shaped by the patient's gums and both the teeth side and the gum-facing surface of the denture is scanned and the obtained digital 3D representations are used to determine the relative arrangement of the patient's edentulous jaws in a bite determined by the dentures.

The present invention provides a process for use in improving the appearance of a patient's teeth having plurality of defects. More particularly, the process involves obtaining a cast having a plurality of teeth portions corresponding to the patient's teeth. The cast include a plurality of defects corresponding to the defects of the patient's teeth. A first material is applied to the tooth portions of the cast to correct the defects in the cast and to form a modified version of the cast without removing any of the cast material from any of the tooth portions of the cast. A mold is made using the modified version of the cast. The mold is used in applying a second material to the patient's teeth for creating a temporary modified look directly on the patient's teeth for viewing by the patient.

Dental implants including radiopaque markers provided therein or thereon. The implant may also include customizable length characteristics. For example, a kit may include implants with different diameters (e.g., 3 diameters), where all of the implants are of a single (e.g., long) length. The appropriate diameter implant may be selected from the kit by the practitioner, and the long length implant may be cut (e.g., with a dental drill) to the appropriate length needed. The implants include radiopaque markers on or within the implant. For example, three series of markers may be provided on different faces of the implant, so that the three series of markers serve as reference points when scanning, allowing triangulation of the exact position of the implant in relation to the surrounding hard and soft oral tissues.

A denture is manufactured in a single visit using a pre-formed dental template chosen from a plurality of different sized dental templates, based on the size of a patient's alveolar edentulous ridge. The dental template includes a base acrylic with prosthetic teeth attached thereto. A viscous material such as an acrylic is added to the selected dental template and the dental template with the added viscous material is placed on the patient's alveolar edentulous ridge. The viscous material is then allowed to solidify to form a rigid or semi-rigid material with the template in proper position in three planes and properly border molded. After solidification a denture is formed that consists of a first base acrylic portion in conterminous relation with a second portion formed of the solidified material that had been added as a viscous material, and with teeth joined to the base acrylic portion.

A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient including a first mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient, wherein the first mold body includes a portion corresponding with at least a first surface of the tooth and a first interproximal portion corresponding with a first interproximal surface of the tooth and a second interproximal portion corresponding with the second interproximal surface of the tooth, wherein the first interproximal portion of the first mold body and the second interproximal portion of the second mold body each have a patient-specific customized fit, wherein the first mold body and second mold body are configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing a portion of missing tooth structure of the tooth, and wherein a first portion of the missing tooth structure includes missing interproximal tooth structure.

A matrix for making a dental bridge includes a body of a tooth portion and wings, and an interior of the body for receiving a curable flowable material.

Bone-secured dental arch veneers and methods for fabricating and utilizing the same. The dental arch veneers include a veneer assembly having one or more tooth veneers and a support structure configured to support the tooth veneer(s). The dental arch veneers also include a coupling structure configured to interconnect the veneer assembly to a bone mount that is anchored along a user's maxilla or mandible. The coupling structure also is configured to permit the veneer assembly to be selectively and repeatedly interconnected with and disconnected from the bone mount. The methods include determining a target region within the user's mouth, obtaining a representation of the target region, manipulating the representation to create a desired arrangement of the user's teeth within the target region, determining anchoring positions proximate the target region for anchoring the bone mount, and forming the dental arch veneer based on the anchoring positions and the desired arrangement.

A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising: a first mold body providing for a customized fit with at least three teeth of the patient, wherein the first mold body includes a first portion corresponding with at least a first surface of a first tooth and a first interproximal portion corresponding with a first interproximal surface of the first tooth and a second interproximal portion corresponding with the second interproximal surface of the first tooth, wherein the first interproximal portion and the second interproximal portion of the first tooth of the first mold body each have a patient-specific digitally engineered interproximal portion, wherein the first interproximal portion and the second interproximal portion of the second tooth of the first mold body each have a patient-specific digitally engineered interproximal portion, and wherein the first interproximal portion and the second interproximal portion of the second tooth of the first mold body each have a patient-specific digitally engineered interproximal portion, wherein the first mold body is configured to combine with the three teeth of the patient to form a portion of a mold cavity encompassing a portion of missing tooth structure of the three teeth, and wherein a first portion of the missing tooth structure includes missing interproximal tooth structure of the first interproximal surface of the first tooth and the second interproximal surface of the first tooth.

A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient including a first mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient, wherein the first mold body includes a portion corresponding with at least a first surface of the tooth and a first interproximal portion corresponding with a first interproximal surface of the tooth and a second interproximal portion corresponding with the second interproximal surface of the tooth, wherein the first interproximal portion of the first mold body and the second interproximal portion of the second mold body each have a patient-specific customized fit, wherein the first mold body and second mold body are configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing a portion of missing tooth structure of the tooth, and wherein a first portion of the missing tooth structure includes missing interproximal tooth structure.

The present invention relates to a connection assembly for attaching a dental component to a dental implant, a dental component for the connection assembly and a method to use the connection assembly. The connection assembly (100; 1100; 2100; 3100) is removably attachable to the dental implant (10; 1010; 2010; 3010), preferably with the dental component (20; 1020; 2020; 3020) attached to the connection assembly, and a dental component is attachable to the connection assembly in a pre-fastened state or a fastened state. The pre-fastened state, when the connection assembly is attached to the dental implant, the connection assembly allows for adjustment of a relative position and/or orientation between the dental component and the dental implant. In the fastened state, the relative position and/or orientation between the dental component and the connection assembly is fixed, while the connection assembly is in particular detachable from the dental implant with the dental component attached to the connection assembly in the fastened state.