Global Dental Impression Trays, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120178045 | DENTAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A unitary dental device constructed from a suitable thermoplastic or thermosetting material allowing the dental device to be heat molded by a dental practitioner sitting chair side to a patient. The dental device includes a single-piece, shell-like analogue having the appearance of contoured, individual teeth. The dental device may also include a pair of posterior tooth extensions in order to create a custom buccal corridor specifically adapted for the patient. A connection bridge uniformly joins the proximal contact areas intermediate of adjacent teeth to form the unitary shell-like analogue. The dental device may be temporarily affixed in the patient's mouth to allow both the patient and the dental practitioner to preview chair side the look of a final smile design with a fully-fabricated dental prosthesis. Once the patient and dentist are satisfied with the particular tooth selection and characterization, the dental prosthesis can be fabricated from the dental device. | 07-12-2012 |
20120077141 | DENTAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DENTURES - A dental apparatus and method of use for producing edentulous dentures, each including a lower dental tray having a removable modular contact plate with an upwardly extending shoulder surrounding a tapered opening, a ball nut retained in the tapered opening, and a post adjustably secured to the ball nut. A modular striking plate may be removably attached to an upper dental tray or an integrated striking sector on a bottom surface of the upper dental tray is utilized to accurately obtain an established occlusal vertical and centric relation positions. The contact plate and striking plate are each configured as snap-in components to the respective trays. Additionally, the contact plate may be utilized as a spacer between the dental trays once the post and ball nut are removed. Finally, the contact plate and striking plate may be removed for functional positioning and esthetic blue printing measurements. | 03-29-2012 |
20090246729 | INTEGRATED MODULAR DENTAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DENTURES - An integrated modular dental measuring apparatus and method of use for producing edentulous dentures. The apparatus is a set of components including a lower dental tray having a removable modular contact plate with an upwardly extending shoulder surrounding a tapered opening, a ball nut retained in the tapered opening, and a post adjustably secured to the ball nut. A modular striking plate may be removably attached to an upper dental tray or an integrated striking sector on a bottom surface of the upper dental tray is utilized to accurately obtain an established occlusal vertical and centric relation positions. The contact plate and striking plate are each configured as snap-in components to the respective trays. One size contact plate and one size striking plate fit on all sizes of dental trays. Additionally, the contact plate may be utilized as a spacer between the dental trays once the post and ball nut are removed. Finally, the contact plate and striking plate may be removed for functional positioning and esthetic blue printing measurements. | 10-01-2009 |
20090117518 | DENTURE TEETH DEVICE AND METHOD - A denture teeth device having a wire, strand or thread, or a plurality of wires adjustably coupled to a plurality of denture teeth to form a unit. The wire may be adjustably coupled along the lingual-apical portions of the denture teeth. The wire may be flexible to permit development of a dental arch form so that the denture teeth can be readily adapted to individual patient needs. The wire may also serve to improve denture tooth retention in a processed denture base. The wire may be adjustably coupled to the denture teeth so as to not constrain the denture teeth along the length of the wire, allowing for customized arrangement of the denture teeth, including the incorporation of denture tooth overlaps, vertical and horizontal discrepancies, diastemata and facial-lingual and mesial-distal angular variation. The apical and lingual portions of the denture teeth may be contoured to facilitate the creation of anatomically realistic and hygienically favorable papilla forms and occlusion or the patient's bite. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117514 | METHOD AND COMPONENTS FOR PRODUCING EDENTULOUS DENTURES - A method and component devices for producing edentulous dentures. The method includes obtaining a cast impression of a jaw, any teeth and gingiva area with a first set of dental trays including selecting a properly sized upper dental tray and a properly sized lower dental tray, applying impression material in each said tray and placing each said dental impression tray with said impression material in said oral cavity in order to deform uncured impression material. A second set of dental trays is utilized including a lower dental tray having a contact plate with an upwardly extending shoulder surrounding a tapered opening, a ball nut retained in the tapered opening, and a post adjustably secured to the ball nut. A striking plate is attached to a second upper dental tray in order to accurately obtain an established occlusal vertical and centric relation positions. A third upper dental tray with a wax impression is inserted for esthetic blue printing to establish the shape of the patient's upper lip and mouth. A third lower dental tray with wax impression material is utilized to determine functional position including tongue, cheek and lip positioning. | 05-07-2009 |