A positioning feedback tool for a dental appliance takes the form of a flexible appearance strip for simulating the appearance of an installed dental appliance on a patient wearer. Dental appliances, such as dentures, rest on the gums of a wearer as functional replacements of teeth. The flexible appearance strip has visual images of dental elements (teeth) for replacing the natural teeth, and depict the size, spacing and color of the dental elements in the finished appliance. Dental elements are affixed onto a foundation mold for resembling a natural row of teeth. The foundation mold receives an imprint of the gums of the wearer, and also receives the dental elements to define the placement of the dental elements. Prior to tooth placement in the foundation mold, the flexible appearance strip is disposed against the installed foundation mold so that the patient may visualize the appearance of the finished appliance.

Dental devices and systems and methods for making the same are provided. In at least one embodiment, a method for fabricating an arch-shaped device for coupling to a patient's mouth is provided. The method can include adjusting a denture form device to conform to a shape and fit of a patient's mouth. The method can also include using the denture form device to obtain an impression of the patient's mouth. The method can also include selecting an arch device and adapting that arch device to conform to a model of a patient's mouth. The method can also include a denture form device that can be combined with the arch device to form a complete denture.

Dental devices and systems and methods for making the same are provided. In at least one embodiment, a method for fabricating an arch-shaped device for coupling to a patient's mouth is provided. The method can include adjusting a denture form device to conform to a shape and fit of a patient's mouth. The method can also include using the denture form device to obtain an impression of the patient's mouth. The method can also include selecting an arch device and adapting that arch device to conform to a model of a patient's mouth. The method can also include a denture form device that can be combined with the arch device to form a complete denture.

Preparation of a dental prosthesis that includes a gingiva part having retention holes for seating of manufactured teeth, with the retention holes being enlarged relative to the manufactured teeth. A size and geometry of each of the enlarged retention holes are determined based on a size and geometry of the corresponding manufactured tooth. Wax in the enlarged retention holes permits adjustments in positioning of the manufactured teeth, and a helper structure preserves this positioning when the wax is removed and a curable gingiva material is filled into the retention holes.

A dental prosthesis is provided, manufactured from a monobloc or multibloc prosthesis blank (10), which is composed of a gum-colored material (14) and a tooth-colored material (12), which materials (12, 14) are bonded to each other by bonding, polymerization and/or one-piece manufacture. The boundary surface (16) between the materials is wave-shaped comprising alternating grooves (22) and ribs (24) in the course of the dental arch, and radial in an oral-vestibular direction in the region of the anterior teeth (33) to be created. The boundary surface (16), at least in the region of the molars (26)again as viewed in the oral vestibular directionhas parallel grooves (22) and ribs (24) forming troughs and crests of the waveform, or grooves (22) and ribs (24) such that they extend in deviation from parallel by at most 10 degrees, in particular at most 5 degrees, at least in the region of the molars (26).

The present invention relates to a method of producing a denture, including adhering a denture base that is a stereolithographic article of a curable composition (I) containing a (meth)acrylic based polymerizable monomer component (A) containing a (meth)acrylic based polymerizable monomer (m) as a major monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator, and a prosthetic tooth containing an acrylic based resin (II), with an adhesive composition containing a composition (III) containing a (meth)acrylic based polymerizable monomer component (C) containing the same (meth)acrylic based polymerizable monomer (m) as contained in the curable composition (I).

Provided are a denture base material package capable of improving operation efficiency while securing quality, without being influenced by an operator's skill level, in the production of a denture by a production method for a denture involving using a reference denture, and a production method for a denture involving using the same. A denture base material package includes: a string-shaped molded body obtained by molding a photocurable denture base material having plastic deformability into a string shape; and a light-shielding member having an internal space kept airtight, and accommodating the string-shaped molded body in the internal space. The light-shielding member includes (i) a tray having a groove for accommodating the string-shaped molded body, and (ii) at least one kind of member selected from the group consisting of: a bag body configured to house the tray thereinside; and a lid member configured to seal an opening of the groove.

Dental adhesives and their uses, for instance an adhesive containing at least one first component A and at least one second component B, characterized in that said at least one first component A comprises a methyl methacrylate, a copolymer of methyl methacrylate dissolved in excess methyl methacrylate, at least one polyfunctional (meth)acrylate and a peroxide-based free-radical initiator, wherein said copolymer of methyl methacrylate is present in an amount of 30-50 parts by weight dissolved in a solution of 65-85 parts by weight of monomeric methyl methacrylate and 3-15 parts by weight of the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, especially the triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA), mixed with a solution of 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of said peroxide-based free-radical initiator, especially dibenzoyl peroxide, in 70-90 parts by weight of monomeric methyl methacrylate, and said at least one second component B comprises methyl methacrylate and a tertiary amine.

Dental adhesives and their uses, for instance an adhesive containing at least one first component A and at least one second component B, characterized in that said at least one first component A comprises a methyl methacrylate, a copolymer of methyl methacrylate dissolved in excess methyl methacrylate, at least one polyfunctional (meth)acrylate and a peroxide-based free-radical initiator, wherein said copolymer of methyl methacrylate is present in an amount of 30-50 parts by weight dissolved in a solution of 65-85 parts by weight of monomeric methyl methacrylate and 3-15 parts by weight of the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, especially the triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA), mixed with a solution of 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of said peroxide-based free-radical initiator, especially dibenzoyl peroxide, in 70-90 parts by weight of monomeric methyl methacrylate, and said at least one second component B comprises methyl methacrylate and a tertiary amine.

Dental devices and systems and methods for making the same are provided. In at least one embodiment, a method for fabricating an arch-shaped device for coupling to a patient's mouth is provided. The method can include disposing each of a plurality of teeth into respective teeth receptors of an inlay device, positioning the inlay device in a recess of a lower portion of a mold device, and coupling the lower portion to an upper portion of the mold device to sandwich the inlay device therebetween. The method can also include injecting a base compound into an injection hole of the mold device, and processing the base compound to integrate the base compound with the plurality of teeth.