Systems and methods for securing artificial teeth to a dental prosthetic base with a gradient polymer are disclosed herein. An example system includes one or more processors and a memory communicatively coupled with a 3D printing device and the one or more processors. The memory stores a set of instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: generate a print file representative of a polymeric dental prosthesis, the print file including (i) a first material, (ii) a second material that does not chemically bond with the first material, and (iii) a gradient transition zone bonding the first material to the second material that is a gradient polymer of the first material and the second material; and print, via the 3D printing device, the polymeric dental prosthesis based on the print file.

The present invention relates to a method of producing a dental object (100), comprising the step of producing a support structure (101) on the dental object (100) having a predetermined breaking point (103) arranged such that a residual portion (105) of the support structure (101) remains on the dental object (100) after the predetermined breaking point (103) is separated.

The invention relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis from a prosthesis base and a plurality of prosthesis teeth, characterized by the following chronological steps: providing the prosthesis teeth and the prosthesis base, wherein the prosthesis base comprises a plurality of tooth sockets for locating the basal surfaces of the prosthesis teeth; applying a plastically deformable connecting means onto the tooth sockets and/or basally onto the prosthesis teeth; locating the prosthesis teeth into the tooth sockets of the prosthesis base and in this situation connecting with the aid of connecting means to the prosthesis base in such a way that the prosthesis teeth, after locating in the tooth sockets, are movable in relation to the prosthesis base, wherein the position and the alignment of the prosthesis teeth to the prosthesis base remain retained if no external force effect is exerted onto the prosthesis teeth; changing the position and/or the alignment of at least one prosthesis tooth in the prosthesis base; and hardening the plastically deformable connecting means, and securely connecting the prosthesis teeth in this situation to the prosthesis base, wherein the position and the alignment of the prosthesis teeth in relation to the prosthesis base are retained.

The invention also relates to a dental prosthesis produced by such a method, and a set for carrying out such a method.

The invention relates to a bonding auxiliary device (100) for arranging, aligning and fixing a plurality of artificial teeth (210) to be bonded into an artificial gingiva (220) of a dental prosthesis (200), the bonding auxiliary device (100) comprising: an occlusion device (110) for arranging and aligning the teeth (210) relative to one another, a support device (120) for supporting a prosthetic body (221) of the first dental prosthesis (200) comprising the gingiva (220), and a clamping element (140) for fixing the teeth (210), which are arranged and aligned by means of the occlusion device (110), in the gingiva (220) supported by the support device (120).

A reference member for determining a position of an implant analog can comprise a trapezoidal body including a first side and a substantially parallel second side. The first side can define a first dimension and the second side can define a second dimension that is greater than the first dimension.

There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a denture comprising an artificial gingiva surface, a seating surface facing at least a part of the gingiva surface when placed in the mouth of a patient, at least one tooth receiving hole provided in the artificial gingiva surface and extending through to the seating surface and an artificial tooth arranged in the tooth receiving hole, The method comprises printing an intermediate denture base comprising the artificial gingiva surface, the at least one tooth receiving hole for receiving the artificial tooth, arranging the artificial tooth in the at least one tooth receiving hole, fixing the intermediate denture base in a milling machine, and milling the denture comprising providing the seating surface by removing at least a part of the tooth extending through the tooth receiving hole. This provides an improved manufacturing process of denture.

A method of forming a denture is provided. The method includes the steps of: creating a digital data recording of an oral cavity of a patient; merging the digital data recording with additional digital data depicting a gingiva portion of either an upper or a lower denture via a software running on a computer. The gingiva portion includes plurality of tooth sockets and at least one of a male and a female connector disposed therein. The method further includes the step of constructing a first denture portion by a 3D printer. The first denture portion resembles the gingiva portion of the merged digital data.

The invention relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis, wherein the dental prosthesis comprises a prosthesis base and a plurality of prosthesis teeth, wherein the method is carried out making use of a virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model of the physical dental prosthesis which is to be produced, and wherein the virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model comprises virtual prosthesis teeth and a virtual prosthesis base, with the steps: from the external form of the vestibular surfaces and/or occlusal surfaces of the virtual prosthesis teeth, and from the external form of the vestibular surface of the virtual prosthesis base of the virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model, a virtual model of a template is calculated, such that a region of the virtual surface of the virtual template is formed by a negative of the vestibular surfaces and/or occlusal surfaces of the virtual prosthesis teeth and of the virtual prosthesis base, wherein the location and the orientation of the virtual prosthesis teeth relative to one another and relative to the virtual prosthesis base remain retained in the negative; producing of a physical template with a CAM method on the basis of the data of the virtual model of the template; placing and securing of physical prosthesis teeth in the template, wherein the vestibular surfaces and/or occlusal surfaces of the prosthesis teeth are placed in the surface of the template formed by the negative matching thereto; and securing the physical prosthesis teeth to a physical prosthesis base, wherein the prosthesis base is inserted into the template fitted with the prosthesis teeth, such that the vestibular surface of the prosthesis base is placed in the matching surface of the template formed by the negative.

A plate denture manufacturing method includes preparing three-dimensional data for an artificial tooth impression and a plate denture, preparing a denture mold including a bottom wall, a side wall, a forming space which is surrounded by the bottom wall and the side wall and into which a denture base material is to be poured, a cutting target region to be cut by a cutting apparatus, and vent holes passing through the bottom wall, cutting a groove in the cutting target region using the cutting apparatus, placing the denture mold on a holder, placing an artificial tooth in the groove, pouring the denture base material into the forming space and curing the denture base material so as to fabricate a one-piece product including the denture mold, the artificial tooth, and a cured product of the denture base material that are integral with each other, and machining the cured product.

The present inventive concept relates to a method of manufacturing dentures by using a tray cap jig having false teeth fixed unmovably during milling thereof, the tray cap jig, which is depressed, being manufactured according to a rectangular parallelepiped shape or the same shape as the teeth arrangement in an oral cavity set by a dental denture design software of a 3D printer, the method including: manufacturing the tray cap jig of the same shape as the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped container or teeth arrangement in an oral cavity by using the 3D printer; inserting false teeth into a false teeth hole provided in the depressed tray cap jig; and cutting each of roots of the false teeth to a depth set by the dental denture design software after inserting the false teeth into the tray cap jig.