| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 433202100 | Tooth construction | 82 |
| 20080241794 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF ZIRCONIA-MADE IMPLANT BRIDGE - To provide a method for producing an implant bridge with zirconia having excellent strength and aesthetic property, so that a zirconia-made implant bridge can be produced with high accuracy by easily processing, the production method of a zirconia-made implant bridge includes the steps of producing a semi-sintered body, producing a precursor of an implant bridge by milling the semi-sintered body, completely sintering the precursor of the implant bridge, and milling to process the completely sintered precursor of the implant bridge to make a fitting part, where a fixture or an abutment is fitted, and/or a through hole for a fastening screw. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080293018 | Malleable Symmetric Dental Crowns - Preformed malleable dental crowns with a side-generic external shape with a plane of symmetry in the facial-lingual direction and/or a plane of symmetry in the mesial-distal direction. The preformed dental crowns also include a hardenable composition that has sufficient malleability such that the side-generic external shape can be formed into, e.g., a left-side specific or right-side specific adjusted external shape. Methods of the invention may include fitting the dental crowns by adjusting or forming them to provide side-specific features, followed by hardening of the hardenable composition. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080299518 | Artificial socket bone - An artificial socket bone used as an outer cover wholly or partially encapsulating an artificial dental root, wherein the artificial socket bone is formed in a substantially cylindrical tubular shape, with protrusions being formed through a plurality of cuts in the surface of the artificial socket bone, part or all of the protrusions being curved inwards and/or outwards of the artificial socket bone. Some of the cuts are through-holes, which have no protrusions, for letting through cells that differentiate into alveolar bone proper and bone trabeculae. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090075237 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DIGITALLY-DESIGNED REMOVABLE DENTAL PROSTHESES AND SYSTEM REQUIRED FOR THIS PURPOSE - The system, object of the invention consists of a unit for scanning a mould produced from the sample from a patient's mouth, an image which is sent to digital generation equipment of a removable dental prosthesis, producing a file that is transmitted to metal piece manufacturing equipment by means of sintered powder applying a high-energy ray. The design stages consist of the relief of the mould, the calculation of the insertion axis, the paralleling of the teeth, designing of the elements or components of the prosthesis such as lattice, clamp, stop, major connector, minor connector, bristle, pearls, lingual bars, extrusion of the different elements designed, smoothing of the sharp edges, elimination of the superpositions of the different elements designed and conversion of a closed continuous connected surface to a three-dimensional one. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090208908 | Notched pontic and system for fabricating dental appliance for use therewith | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090220917 | Thermoplastic/Thermoset Dental Restorative Prosthetics - The present invention is dental prosthetics manufactured from polymers rather than ceramics. Various plastics are disclosed for use in making said prosthetics, as are techniques for improving plastic performance in the prosthetics. The prosthetics are first injection molded into pre-set blocks for use in milling machines that dentists use or custom fit prosthetics with less wait time and less cost. Alternatively, an electronic model may be produced using image scanners. The electronic model may then be downloaded into rapid prototyping machine and a prosthetic therein built. Use of these methods may create various monolithic prosthetics, including multi-tooth prosthetics and whole bridges. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090239198 | Muffle and method of using - The invention proposes a muffle with a pressing channel and at least one mold cavity that is coupled to the pressing channel via at least one connection channel. In this case, in order to increase the pressing pressure and to improve the intermixing of the blank material, it is proposed to arrange at least two blanks ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090274994 | Device and Method of Securing Dental Material for Production of Dental Prosthesis - A system and method for milling dental prostheses in a CNC milling machine includes a larger millable dental blank receivable in a primary fixture of a milling machine and capable of being machined to form one or more dental prostheses; a plurality of smaller millable dental blanks each capable of being machined to form a dental prosthesis; and lateral affixing means for affixing a lateral side of the plurality of smaller millable dental blanks in a space defined by the larger millable dental blank in the primary fixture, when the larger millable dental blank is removed. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090274995 | Translucent veneering for a dental prosthesis formed by a press to metal process - A dental prosthesis, typically formed in a press to metal process, includes application of a porcelain composition sufficient to form a veneer on a dental prosthesis supporting metal structure, the composition having an integrated tooth-like translucency providing an aesthetic appearance. The composition is formed of a dentin frit and an enamel frit, typically sintered into a desired ingot shape including an amount of composition sufficient to veneer the prosthesis. The porcelain composition is a component of a kit that includes opaquers, other porcelains and stains useful in finishing to provide an aesthetic prosthesis. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090317769 | RESILIENT COPING FOR IMMEDIATE LOADING OF DENTAL IMPLANTS - A resilient coping for use in the immediate loading of a newly placed dental implant with a temporary tooth has a resilient liner to prevent movement of the temporary tooth mounted on the resilient coping from being transmitted to the implant, thereby promoting its osseointegration. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100009317 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF TEETH - A method for the reconstruction of missing, broken and/or abraded teeth by means of face analysis. In order to determine the shapes and sizes of the teeth, the face of a patient, for whom the teeth are intended, is measured by means of one or more image-type pictures. The respective tooth size and tooth shape is determined proportionally from the obtained values. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100105008 | Methods For Manufacturing Dental Implant Components - A method of manufacturing a rapid prototype overmold for locating a dental implant analog in a modified stone model for use in creating a tooth prosthesis is provided. An impression of a mouth having a first installation site that has a dental implant and a gingival healing abutment with at least one informational marker installed is taken. A stone model based on the impression is prepared. The model is scanned. A three-dimensional computer model of the installation site on a CAD program using data from the scan is created. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information about the location of the dental implant. Abutment dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image and the at least one informational marker is developed. Overmold rapid prototype dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image is developed. The overmold rapid prototype adapted to fit over the modified stone model is fabricated. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100304338 | POLYMER IMPRESSION MATERIALS - This invention relates to methods and compositions for single component photoinitiated dental impression materials. The impression material is workable in its pre-cured state, cures rapidly upon exposure to light, and exhibits desirable processing conditions such as short setting time, long working time, no void formation, good wettability, mechanical properties, and detail reproduction. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110111372 | Method for Creating a Temporary Tooth - A method of forming a temporary tooth by fusing a plurality of polymer pellets. The plurality of pellets are fused and molded into the shape of a tooth. Additionally, the formed tooth shape comprises of a adapter shape that allows the formed tooth to be secured to the adjacent teeth of the space of the missing tooth. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110212419 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PRODUCING A DENTAL PROSTHESIS - A method for producing a tooth replacement and corresponding computer programs and devices are described. The method can comprise generating a tooth replacement having a core and an outer layer which define a boundary surface between each other. To ensure that the prepared tooth replacement is technically acceptable independent of skills and experience of the user and approximate the appearance of a natural tooth, the extension of the boundary surface represents a natural extension of the dentino-enamel junction of a tooth for which the tooth replacement is provided, wherein the extension of the boundary surface (i) is determined based on a recording of the dentino-enamel junction of the tooth for which the tooth replacement is provided, and/or (ii) is determined based on directly or indirectly recorded geometry data of at least a portion of the outer geometry of the tooth for which the tooth replacement is provided. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110262885 | SURFACE MAPPING AND GENERATING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SURFACE MAPPING AND SURFACE GENERATION - A surface mapping and generating device which has devices for the process and/or cost optimization, in particular raw material recovery devices, an automatic control of the intensity of a used laser light, devices for carrying out a calibrating procedure by evaluating overlap errors at matching points, devices for archiving especially three-dimensional data of the jaw and/or for modeling the bite position of the upper and the lower jaws, devices for the optimized preparation of at least one dental stump for the production and placement of a dental prosthesis thereon and/or devices for taking into consideration the bite position of the upper and lower jaws. It can be provided that the devices for the process and/or cost optimization are designed to ensure that two half frames showing different positions or views are evaluated, whereby preferably a pulsed laser for exposure purposes is included and/or that an image recording device, in particular a CCD chip, is arranged so as to ensure that lines, taking into account the Scheimpflug angle, are located perpendicular to the direction of travel of a measuring table. Methods according to the present invention use such devices and function correspondingly. In addition, the invention also makes available a patient data archiving system which comprises a chip card and/or decentralized data storage systems especially for dental data. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120015327 | COMPOSITION FOR ATTACHING A DENTAL FACING ON A DENTAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE, PROCESS AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a composition for attaching a dental facing on a dental support structure comprising water, a glass and/or glass ceramic material, a rheological modifier with a molecular weight above about 500,000. The invention also relates to a process comprising the steps: providing a dental facing precursor and a dental support structure, both having an upper and a lower surface, attaching the dental facing precursor with its lower surface to the upper surface of the dental support structure, comprising the step of placing a mating composition between the lower surface of the dental facing precursor and the upper surface of the dental support structure and to the use of the inventive composition for producing dental restorations. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120282572 | Methods, Apparatuses, Computer Programs, and Systems for Creating a Custom Dental Prosthetic Using CAD/CAM Dentistry - A procedure for creating a dental prosthetic includes registering three-dimensional (3D) dental impression image data of a tooth restoration site and 3D x-ray image data of the tooth restoration site, and removing image data corresponding to soft tissue in the tooth restoration site from the 3D dental impression image data. A system for producing a dental prosthetic includes at least one processor operable to register 3D dental impression image data of a tooth restoration site and 3D x-ray image data of the tooth restoration site and remove image data corresponding to soft tissue in the tooth restoration site from the 3D dental impression image data. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120282573 | TOOTH SCAFFOLDS - Provided is an acellular mammalian tooth-shaped scaffold comprising a compound that is chemotactic, osteogenic, dentinogenic, amelogenic, or cementogenic. Also provided is a method of replacing a tooth in the mouth of a mammal, where the tooth is absent and a tooth socket is present in the mouth at the position of the absent tooth. The method comprises implanting an acellular scaffold having the shape of the missing tooth into the tooth socket. Additionally, a method of making a tooth scaffold is provided. The method comprises synthesizing an acellular scaffold in the shape of a mammalian tooth and adding at least one compound that is chemotactic, osteogenic, dentinogenic, amelogenic, or cementogenic. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130101963 | RECHARGEABLE LONG-TERM ANTIFUNGAL DENTURE MATERIALS - Polymers and copolymers including a functional polymer component may be used as conventional denture materials. Antifungal materials may be releasably bound to the functional polymer component such that the antifungal materials may be slowly eluted over an extended period of time to combat a fungal infection. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130216979 | DENTAL POSITIONING STENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD, USING METHOD AND COMPONENTS FOR THE SAME - A dental positioning stent for drilling an implant hole and a manufacturing method, a using method and components for the same are provided. The manufacturing method includes: slicing a tooth mold and a false tooth model along a preset slice plane; fixing two markers in the preset slice plane on two sides of the false tooth model respectively; covering the markers and the false tooth model with a shaping agent to form a positioning stent; putting the positioning stent on the teeth in a mouth to perform tomography imaging to acquire a slice image of the preset slice plane; mounting a positioning aid having a positioning hole in the positioning stent according to the slice image pasted up on the tooth mold to guide an initial drill. A dental positioning stent for tomography imaging, and a manufacturing method, a using method, and components thereof are provided. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130316305 | Method and Apparatus for Preparing a Ceramic Dental Restoration in One Appointment - Methods and apparatus that permit a dentist to provide a patient with a monolithic ceramic dental restoration (e.g., crown, bridge, or the like) in one office visit. In some embodiments, a dentist is provided with a kit containing one or more near net shape (NNS) millable blanks of various shapes and shades, chair-side software, and a chair-side milling machine to convert a selected millable blank into a finished, fully contoured restoration in about one hour or less. Each such millable blank may be, for example, a dental ceramic (e.g., fully sintered zirconia, fully crystallized lithium silicate, fully crystallized lithium disilicate, or the like) NNS component. In some embodiments, the NNS component includes an integral mandrel at a precise location and orientation to minimize the amount of milling time. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140051036 | TOOTH FILLING MATERIALS AND DENTAL VARNISH FOR INHIBITING THE FORMATION OF A BIOFILM OF STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS AND THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - There are described tooth filling materials and dental varnishes for inhibiting the biofilm formation of | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140080095 | TEMPORARY DENTAL PROSTHESIS FOR USE IN DEVELOPING FINAL DENTAL PROSTHESIS - A method of manufacturing a permanent prosthesis for attachment to a dental implant installed in a mouth of a patient includes scanning a patient specific temporary prosthesis (PSTP) to obtain scan data. The PSTP is attached to the dental implant in the mouth of the patient. Gingival tissue surrounding the PSTP is permitted to heal in the mouth of the patient. In response to aesthetics of the healed gingival tissue surrounding the PSTP in the mouth of the patient not being acceptable, the PSTP is physically modified by (i) removing material from the PSTP, (ii) adding material to the PSTP, or (iii) both. The modified PSTP is scanned and a permanent prosthesis is fabricated as a replica of the modified PSTP using scan data generated from the scan of the modified PSTP. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140106307 | Method, Transfer Device and Template Body for Producing a Dental and/or Bone Prosthesis for a Dentition - Disclosed herein is a method for producing a dental and/or bone prosthesis for a dentition having a defect, comprising: determining the left and right direction point and an induction point of the upper jaw as three cranial reference points of the upper jaw and determining the left and right direction point and an induction point of the lower jaw as three cranial reference points of the lower jaw; creating a model of the defective dentition, one model half produced for the upper jaw and one model half produced for the lower jaw; identifying the three cranial reference points of the upper jaw on the upper jaw model half and identifying the three cranial reference points of the lower jaw on the lower jaw model half; arranging and fixing the upper jaw model half and the lower jaw model half relative to one another; forming the dental and/or bone prosthesis. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140234801 | Patient-Specific Dental Prosthesis And Gingival Contouring Developed By Predictive Modeling - A method of designing a patient-specific prosthesis for a current patient includes receiving scan data of a mouth of the current patient to identify conditions at a location at which the patient-specific prosthesis is to be placed on a dental implant, and determining at least two clinical factors for the current patient. The method further includes identifying a desired outcome for soft tissue for the current patient at the location, and accessing a database having soft-tissue-outcome information for each of a plurality of previous patients. The database further includes clinical-factor information for each of the plurality of previous patients. Based on the soft-tissue-outcome information and the clinical-factor information for at least one of the plurality of previous patients being related to the current patient's desired outcome and the current patient's at least two clinical factors, the method includes developing a design for the patient-specific prosthesis for the current patient. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140234802 | MOLDING ARTIFICIAL TEETH IN DENTURE BASE DISC - A method of molding artificial teeth in denture base material comprising forming a U-shaped cavity in a block of denture base material, forming socket cavities in the bottom of the U-shaped cavity, casting a fluid artificial tooth material into the cavities, and causing the fluid tooth material to solidify into solid artificial tooth material while applying pressure. Causing the solidification may include heating the fluid tooth material. The method may include casting a liquid elastomer into a bottom portion of the U-shaped cavity following forming that cavity and prior to the forming the socket cavities, curing the liquid elastomer into a solid elastomeric cushion, and removing the cushion from the U-shaped cavity. Subsequently, the cushion may be inserted into the U-shaped cavity and contacted with the fluid tooth material. A die may then be contacted with the cushion to apply pressure to it and the fluid tooth material during curing. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140248584 | FILLED AND UNFILLED ORGANICALLY MODIFIED, OPTIONALLY ORGANICALLY CROSS-LINKED SILICIC ACID (HETERO) POLYSILICATES AS DENTAL MATERIALS FOR CHAIRSIDE TREATMENT - The present invention relates to an organically modified silicic acid (hetero) polycondensate or a composite comprising an organically modified silicic acid (hetero) polycondensate and a filler material for use in a dental procedure, particularly in a dental medicine procedure comprising at least a part or all of the following steps:
| 09-04-2014 |
| 20140295375 | TOOTH REPLACEMENT - The invention relates to a tooth replacement comprising at least one posterior tooth having a mesial contact surface, a distal contact surface, and an occlusal surface. The occlusal surfaces comprises a least one buccal cusp having a buccal cusp tip, a lingual cusp having a lingual cusp tip, a central fissure which has at least one tooth pit and passes through the occlusal surface in the mesiodistal direction between the two cusps, a first gradient which slopes downward from the buccal cusp tip in the direction of the central fissure, and a second gradient which slopes downward from the lingual cusp tip in the direction of the central fissure. The tooth replacement according to the invention is characterized in that the mesial contact surface, the distal contact surface and/or the occlusal contact surface comprise expansion spaces that have been incorporated in a targeted manner to obtain a dynamic occlusal guidance. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140363792 | Process For The Preparation Of Dental Restorations - The invention relates to a process for preparing dental restorations, wherein a lithium silicate glass ceramic or a lithium silicate glass is used which contains at least 8.5 wt.-% transition metal oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of yttrium, oxides of transition metals with an atomic number from 41 to 79 and mixtures of these oxides. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150024345 | A MILLING BLANK AND A METHOD FOR FABRICATING DENTAL BRIDGEWORK USING MILLING BLANK - The various embodiments herein provide a dental mill blank for fabrication of dental appliance and restorations. A method for fabricating dental bridgework from the mill blank is also provided. The mill blank comprises a hard inner core and wherein the hard inner core provides resistance against a normal occlusal force, a soft outer cover surrounding the inner core, a channel passing through the inner core and the outer cover, a metallic abutment provided at one end of the channel and a handle stud for holding the mill blank onto a milling machine. The channel is designed to make a screw type bridgework for supporting a plurality of neighbouring implants. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150072311 | DENTAL SUPERSTRUCTURE, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A dental superstructure, and a manufacturing method thereof, comprising a screw-channel ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150093719 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE - A method of manufacturing an article including taking an article in an initial state formed using an additive manufacturing process, the article including at least one set of mounting features; performing a second manufacturing process to transform the article into a second state, which includes mounting, via the at least one set of mounting features, the article in a holding device of a machine for operating on the article, wherein the position and orientation of the article in three linear and three rotational degrees of freedom within the machine operating volume is known and defined by virtue of the interaction of the mounting features with the holding device, and processing at least one feature on the article. The at least one mounting feature includes kinematic mount features which engage with corresponding kinematic mount features on the holding device of the machine. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150093720 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE - A method of manufacturing an article, including taking an article formed in an initial state via an additive manufacturing process and performing a second manufacturing process to transform the article into a second state, which includes mounting the article in a holding device, processing at least one first feature on the article, which includes processing at least one set of mounting features on the article, re-mounting the article via the at least one set of mounting features, and then processing at least one second feature on the article. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150099243 | Axially elongate dental machining portion - An axially elongate dental machining portion includes a machining region machinable by a dental machining device, and a fixing region for fixing the machining portion to a holder of the machining device. In the fixing region is a fixing projection oriented transversely relative to the longitudinal axis. In a condition of the machining portion mounted in the holder, the fixing projection bears against a holding nose provided in complementary relationship on the holder. The machining region has a machinable surface which has a maximum spacing relative to the longitudinal axis, measured normal to the longitudinal axis, and the fixing projection has a maximum spacing relative to the longitudinal axis, measured normal relative to the longitudinal axis, that is greater than the maximum spacing of the surface relative to the longitudinal axis. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150125822 | BLANK FOR PRODUCING A DENTAL PROSTHESIS - A blank which is provided for producing dental shaped parts such as crowns, bridges, veneers, abutments and the like, already has at least one preform of a dental shaped part, which is available for producing this shaped part. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150140513 | PRE-SINTERED BLANK FOR DENTAL PURPOSES - Pre-sintered blanks based on lithium metasilicate glass ceramic are described which are suitable in particular for the preparation of dental restorations. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20180021114 | DENTAL RESTORATION AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A DENTAL RESTORATION | 01-25-2018 |
| 433203100 | Indicia, tinting, or shading | 24 |
| 20090136901 | Method and System for Preparing Dental Restorations - The present invention relates to a method and a system for preparing dental restorations from ceramic or polymeric material to achieve color and opacity gradients simulating natural dentition, wherein an ingot of ceramic or polymeric material is entirely or partially forced through a system of channels in a press mold into a mold cavity in the press mold, wherein the mold cavity corresponds to a dental restoration. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090239199 | Method for Preparing Dental Restorations - The present invention relates to a method for preparing dental restorations from ceramic or polymeric material to achieve color and opacity gradients simulating natural dentition, wherein an ingot of ceramic or polymeric material is entirely or partially forced through a system of channels in a press mold into a mold cavity in the press mold, wherein the mold cavity corresponds to a dental restoration. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090298016 | Integrated porcelain system for a dental prosthesis - An integrated dental porcelain system for making dental prostheses and restorations is provided. The system includes three universal major components: a) opaque porcelain composition; b) pressable dentin ingot; and c) veneering porcelain composition that can be used interchangeably for making restorations. Techniques for making the prostheses and restorations include porcelain fused-to-metal (PFM), press-to-metal (PTM), and either pressed and/or machined all-ceramic methods. The system uses both a hand-layering of veneering porcelain (PFM technique) and a hot-pressing process (PTM and all-ceramic technique) to fabricate the prostheses and restorations. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100015574 | Aesthetic ceramic veneered restoration - The present invention relates to an aesthetic dental restoration having a layered structure, which dental restoration has the appearance of a natural tooth. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for preparing such dental restorations. Particularly, the invention is based on the control of interaction between opalescence and fluorescence. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100221682 | RESTORATION, RESTORATION COMPONENTS, AND METHODS OF MAKING A DENTAL RESTORATION - A method is provided for making a dental restoration at a certain tooth color shade. The method comprises joining a veneer precursor, a framework and a compensation material to form the dental restoration. The tooth color shade is selected from among a continuous range of tooth color shades, but individual components of the dental restoration may be selected from discrete color shades. Further, a dental restoration, a kit and a use of the kit are provided in accordance with the invention. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100248189 | METHOD OF MAKING A FACING FOR A DENTAL RESTORATION, FACING FOR A DENTAL RESTORATION, AND METHOD OF MAKING A DENTAL RESTORATION - A method of making a facing for a dental restoration. The method comprises the step of providing a facing precursor from which the facing is obtainable, and wherein the facing precursor is comprised of an open-celled material. The method provides for efficient manufacturing of dental restorations with optimized characteristics. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100291510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100297586 | Dental Composites - Colorless dental compositions for restoring the enamel layer of a tooth are disclosed. The colorless enamel compositions are combined with pigmented dentin compositions to provide a true color match and natural esthetics. Methods that utilize the compositions in placement/build-up techniques in direct restorations are also disclosed. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110104643 | MULTICOLOR DENTAL BLANKS AND RELATED METHODS - A dental blank of the present invention has at least an inner zone (or layer) of a first color and an outer zone (or layer) of a second color wherein the inner and outer zones are concentric The inner zone can be surrounded in its entirety by the outer zone such that only the outer zone is visible on all surfaces of the blank and the inner zone is not visible on any surface of the blank Alternatively, the inner zone and the outer zone can extend to a same single surface of the blank, such that only the outer zone covers all remaining surfaces The dental blank may also have an intermediate zone between the inner and outer zones, wherein the intermediate zone is surrounded in its entirety by the outer zone and/or the intermediate zone surrounds the inner zone in its entirety. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110244429 | Method of Making a Dental Restoration, and System for Design and Manufacturing a Dental Restoration - A method of making a dental restoration is provided. The dental restoration comprises a frame and a veneer. An inner veneer surface and an outer frame surface are adapted to be mated with one another to form the dental restoration. The method in particular comprises steps of (a) providing an outer veneer surface; (b) determining an outer frame surface, based on the outer veneer surface; (c) determining an inner veneer surface, based on the outer frame surface; and (d) providing an inner frame surface, based on a natural tooth surface. The method may be advantageous for rapid, precise and inexpensive manufacturing of a dental restoration. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110256507 | Computerized Method For Coloring Porcelain Tooth - A computerized method for coloring a porcelain tooth includes a color difference comparison step, a first computer aided process, and a second computer aided process, for precisely controlling the color of the porcelain tooth. Each parameter is obtained from data comparison. The first computer aided process forms a first layer on the surface of the porcelain tooth and then and the second computer aided process forms a second layer on the first layer by way of computer aided manufacturing (CAM) according to the color difference comparison step. Because of CAM, the method does not require an experienced operator. Therefore, it may reduce labor cost, human error, and ceramic powder consumption. The method may thus save cost, improve production efficiency, and shorten delivery time of the porcelain tooth product. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110306017 | Method, system, and composition for coloring ceramics - A system, method and composition for coloring dental ceramics. The system, method, and composition resulting in natural color matching without drying time between color layers. The system, method and composition also resulting in good color preparation on restorations of about 0.001 mm-1.000 mm thickness. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120115106 | DENTAL COMPOSITIONS HAVING SPECIAL FUNCTIONALITY AND A TRI-BARREL PACKAGING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM THEREFOR - A self-cure, dual-cure or tri-cure polymerizable dental composition is provided with at least one functional chemical. The dental composition is divided into a three-part composition to avoid stability issues caused by degradation and/or loss of function of one component in the extended presence of another component, and the three parts are packaged in a tri-barrel syringe or cartridge delivery system to avoid premature chemical interaction between the functional chemical, redox initiator and/or acid/base. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120171640 | Dental device material preparation - The present invention is a dental device comprising natural and sustainable materials. These materials are derived from the nut of the tangua palm tree that may be fashioned into devices for human and animals when replacing one or more teeth of the subject. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130065200 | MULTICOLOR DENTAL BLANKS AND RELATED METHODS - A dental blank has at least an inner zone (or layer) of a first color and an outer zone (or layer) of a second color, wherein the inner and outer zones are concentric. The inner zone can be surrounded in its entirety by the outer zone such that only the outer zone is visible on all surfaces of the blank. Alternatively, the inner zone and the outer zone can extend to a same single surface of the blank, such that only the outer zone covers all remaining surfaces. The blank may also have an intermediate zone between the inner and outer zones. A method of fabrication includes solid free form processes, such as robocasting, laser sintering and 3D printing that allow for placement of multiple colors. A dental restoration made from the blank can have a variety of shades depending on a ratio of milled outer layers to internal layers. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130316306 | Method And Apparatus For Preparing A Zirconia Dental Restoration In One Appointment - A method and apparatus that permits a dentist to provide a patient with a monolithic zirconia restoration (i.e., crown) in one office visit. The dentist is provided with a kit of various near net shape (NNS) components of various shapes and shades, chair-side software, and a chair-side milling machine to convert a selected kit component into a finished, fully contoured restoration in about one hour or less. Each such kit component may be, for example, a fully sintered zirconia NNS component having an integral mandrel at a precise location and orientation to minimize the amount of milling time. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140106308 | MOLDED MEMBER MADE OF FORM-STABILIZED MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Molded member made of form-stabilized material, comprising at least one first component and one second component, characterized in that the second component has a different pigmentation than the first component and the second component is disposed inside the first element, forming a boundary surface, in such a way that the boundary surface represents a spatially curved surface. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140255875 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A DENTAL PROSTHESIS PART - The method for the production of a dental prosthesis part comprises the provision ( | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140295376 | DENTAL MATERIAL SET AND A DENTAL MEMBRANE FOR OBSCURING A METAL COLOR OF A DENTAL METAL, AND A PREPARING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are opaque materials exhibiting a good adhesive strength and a good color tone reproduction comparable with natural dental crowns as well as having a good operability. In addition, the opaque materials may exhibit a stain-resistance property in rebuilding-up a dental composition on the opaque materials in a cured form with a metal instrument. Further, the opaque materials may exhibit a good color tone reproduction comparable with natural dental crowns even if a dental membrane is thinly formed from the opaque metals. The dental membrane is formed from a first opaque layer and a second opaque layer, wherein the first opaque layer contains a filler of indefinite-shape particles and the second opaque layer contains a filler of spherical-shape particles, and wherein the first opaque layer is formed on a metal base and the second opaque layer is formed on the first opaque layer. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150030996 | HDZ Golden Smile Gold Inlay/Onlay PFM optional Tooth Tattoo - Hernandez Dental Studio presents the new paradigm for pure gold brilliance. Cut gold fees in half or more using this revolutionary dual alloy method in ceramo-metal dental ceramics. By the incorporating of matching CTE's of all its parts, gold is back in dentistry, and all purities of gold are now inexpensive as in the past and will continue for all generations afterward. A gold tooth can now be designed artistically with a complete facial coverage of a gold crown, a open face (round border) gold crown, a ¾ gold crown or a multitude of styles and shapes and drawings on a beautiful 96% Au. 2% Pt. HDZ Golden Smile. Dental implants, ceramic bridges or a single PFM can create pure gold awesomeness. And this method also can also create a dual alloy combination on a facial of a PFM, like a silver arrow through a gold heart. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150335407 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAKING A CUSTOMIZED DENTAL BLANK - A method of making a customized dental blank comprises the steps of providing individual tooth color information, forming an open-celled dental blank precursor, providing the open-celled dental blank precursor with color in accordance with the individual tooth color information, and compressing the dental blank precursor. The method helps maximizing the optical quality of dental restoration at minimized costs. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20170231731 | A METHOD OF MAKING A DENTAL RESTORATION | 08-17-2017 |
| 20190142557 | Applications, Uses, Methods of Moldable Material for Dental Uses | 05-16-2019 |
| 20220133601 | Process for Producing a Colored Dental Zirconia Article - The invention relates to a process of producing a dental zirconia article, the process comprising the step of sintering a porous dental zirconia article, the sintering comprising a heat-treatment segment A characterized by a heating rate of at least | 05-05-2022 |
| 433204000 | Having means facilitating replacement of tooth portion | 1 |
| 20090047630 | Method for forming a dental prosthesis - A method of creating a provisional dental prosthesis on an implant placed in bone retains a conical abutment to the implant. A first intermediate component secures to the conical abutment. A second intermediate component attaches to the first intermediate component. The second intermediate component comprises a polymeric material. A prosthetic template is placed over the second intermediate component. The prosthetic template is filled with a hardenable material. After the prosthetic template is filled, the process removes the prosthetic template with the second intermediate component within the hardenable material. A provisional prosthesis forms from the hardenable material, the provisional prosthesis contains the second intermediate component. The provisional prosthesis connect to the first intermediate component by affixing the second intermediate component to the first intermediate component. | 02-19-2009 |
| 433206000 | Metallic tooth, tooth portion, or attachment | 10 |
| 20090130634 | ADDRESSABLE MATRICES/CLUSTER BLANKS FOR DENTAL CAD/CAM SYSTEMS AND OPTIMIZATION THEREOF - A cluster mill blank includes a framework constructed to cooperate with a blank holder of an existing CAD/CAM system, and a plurality of sub-blanks attached to the framework forming an addressable matrix or cluster blank. CAD/CAM systems including such a framework, as well as associated methods are described. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100055647 | Manufacturing Method and Apparatus of Artificial Teeth Using Dental CT - The present invention discloses a manufacturing method and apparatus of artificial human teeth using dental CT. The method comprises the steps of: removing a damaged part of human teeth; obtaining surface coordinates of the teeth using a dental CT machine located at a dental clinic for a medical checkup; converting the surface coordinates of the actual teeth to CAD/CAM data; manufacturing artificial teeth by cutting metal or ceramic with a three-dimensional N/C machine using the converted data; obtaining shape data of upper or lower actual teeth corresponding to the artificial teeth; changing the shape of the artificial teeth by direct surface processing according to the shape data of the upper or lower teeth; and coating ceramic to the artificial teeth after sintering the processed artificial teeth for a predetermined period. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110294095 | TOOTH STUMP STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION METHOD AND DESIGN THEREOF - A method for producing a tooth stump structure that is to be anchored in a root canal comprises the following steps: flexible needles are introduced one after the other into a recess in the form of a root canal or into an exposed cavity; the length of the protruding ends of the needles is adjusted to the form of a core of the stump structure, the core is then modelled from a semi-liquid, polymerizable composition and subsequently hardened; and an outer jacket of a crown is applied to the core. The tooth stump structure produced by said method is formed by a structural core made of a hardened composition, wherein individual flexible needles are anchored in said core and protrude therefrom, a cross section of the needles being circular, elliptical or polygonal and their diameter ranging from 0.1 to 0.8 mm. The protruding parts of the needles occupy a space that corresponds essentially to the space of the root canal or the cavity. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20150050619 | POROUS, SILICATE, CERAMIC BODY, DENTAL RESTORATIONS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a porous, silicate, ceramic body, possibly with different colors, with a first density, which can be sintered into a silicate, ceramic body with a second density, wherein the ratio of the first density to the second density is 2/5 to 98/100, and the three-point bending strength of the porous, silicate ceramic body with a first density, measured according to ISO 6872, amounts to 25 to 180 MPa. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150093721 | DENTAL BLANK TO BE MACHINED, METAL POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY, DENTAL METAL FRAME FOR PORCELAIN BONDING, AND DENTAL PROSTHESIS - A dental blank is provided for yielding a metal frame having a desired shape according to a dental CAD/CAM system and a machining process. The dental blank is formed from a metal powder sintered body and contains Co as a main component, Cr in a proportion of 26% by mass or more and 35% by mass or less, Mo in a proportion of 5% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less, and Si in a proportion of 0.5% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less. Further, part of the Si is silicon oxide, and the ratio of the silicon oxide to the total amount of Si is preferably 10% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less. | 04-02-2015 |
| 433207000 | Alloy | 2 |
| 20090053676 | DENTAL RESTORATION WITH GOLD PLATING - A gold-plated, full porcelain-coverage crown and a method to create that crown. The crown may be formed from a metallic coping mimicking the shape of the human tooth, such as one made from a nickel-chromium alloy. The intaglio of the crown is plated in gold. The exterior of the crown is covered in a ceramic material such as porcelain, and the interior of the crown or intaglio is plated in gold, and together this prevents exposure of the metallic alloy to the patient's mouth. The crown may be used for patients with an allergy to alloys such as nickel-chromium. Additionally, the crown is useful because it is affordable, contains only a small amount of gold, and is aesthetically pleasing. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20130273501 | METHOD OF MAKING DENTAL PROSTHESIS AND DUCTILE ALLOYS FOR USE THEREIN - A dental prosthesis comprising a metal alloy pre-form and a dental porcelain veneer coating the metal alloy, wherein the metal alloy has a composition comprising, in % by weight, about 30-40% Co, 25-40% Ru, 20-40% Cr, and 0-0.1% Ni and wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal alloy is compatible with that of the dental porcelain to prevent cracking of the porcelain | 10-17-2013 |
| 433208000 | Metallic backing | 3 |
| 20130295522 | TRANSLUCENT VENEERING FOR A DENTAL PROSTHESIS FORMED BY A PRESS TO METAL PROCESS - A dental prosthesis, typically formed in a press to metal process, includes application of a porcelain composition sufficient to form a veneer on a dental prosthesis supporting metal structure, the composition having an integrated tooth-like translucency providing an aesthetic appearance. The composition is formed of a dentin frit and an enamel frit, typically sintered into a desired ingot shape including an amount of composition sufficient to veneer the prosthesis. The porcelain composition is a component of a kit that includes opaquers, other porcelains and stains useful in finishing to provide an aesthetic prosthesis. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140170598 | Unknown - The present invention relates to a cobalt-based noble-metal dental alloy for the SLM process, which is intended for the production of metallic components, a corresponding method of producing a metallic component and a corresponding metallic component. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20160100920 | DENTAL CASTING BILLET MATERIAL, METAL POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY, DENTAL METAL COMPONENT, AND DENTAL PROSTHESIS - A dental casting billet material includes: Co as a main component; Cr in a proportion of 26% by mass or more and 35% by mass or less; Mo in a proportion of 5% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less; and Si in a proportion of 0.3% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less, wherein the billet material is formed from a sintered body of a metal powder, and the billet material has a relative density of 92% or more and 99.5% or less. | 04-14-2016 |
| 433212100 | Nonmetallic composite | 9 |
| 20100203478 | Customized Dental Prosthesis for Periodontal or Osseointegration and Related Systems and Methods - Dental prosthesis, systems, and methods of forming and using a dental prosthesis, are provided. An example of a dental prosthesis includes a first manufactured portion shaped to substantially conform to the three-dimensional surface of a root of a tooth to be replaced and a second manufactured portion shaped to substantially conform to the three-dimensional surface of a crown of the tooth. Furthermore, customized manufactured splints to position and fixate a tooth-shaped prosthesis, are provided. Furthermore, a CAD/CAM based methods of and a systems for manufacturing a customized dental prosthesis are provided. The tooth can be scanned to determine its three-dimensional shape and substantially copied using an imaging system in-vitro like a 3D scanner or in-vivo like a cone beam CT system and CNC machinery. Biocompatible material that is suitable to be integrated into the extraction socket and adopted by existing tissue forming the socket can be manufactured or engineered. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100216095 | Method for Creating Shaded Dental Ceramic and Composition Created by Process - A method for creating shaded zirconium-oxide ceramics and a composition created by that method. Shaded yttrium tetragonal zirconium-oxide polycrystals are mixed to achieve a spectrum of final shaded ceramics matching the shades of human teeth. Ceramic material can be in raw form or can be milled and sintered as final product. A method for creating dental prosthetics and the dental prosthetics created by that method. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110223565 | Moldable resin for dental use - The present invention includes a novel shapeable material or resin, specifically for dental use. It is an improvement over conventional dental resins because it is strong, safe, does not encourage the propagation of bacteria and contains no bisphenol A (BPA). Also, it is the preferred resiliency for use in the oral cavity. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110250566 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATING TOOTH RESTORATION - A process for fabricating a tooth restoration includes mixing a high fusing ceramic material, a low fusing ceramic material and a base material into a viscous liquid. The viscous liquid is applied to a tooth restoration base. Thereafter, the low fusing ceramic material is melted to adhere the high fusing ceramic material to the base. An overlay is then applied the high fusing ceramic material. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120148985 | Method for Machining a Dental Prosthesis - A method for machining a dental prosthesis that reduces the likelihood of forming tool failure includes machining a workpiece to form a top surface and a side surface of the dental prosthesis, machining a connector between a proximal end of the dental prosthesis and a proximal end of the workpiece, and machining a bottom surface of the dental prosthesis with a spiral tool path. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130295523 | LITHIUM SILICATE GLASSES OR GLASS CERAMICS, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to glass ceramics based on the lithium metasilicate system (Li | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140370464 | PROSTHETIC ELEMENT - A process for preparing a prosthetic element comprising a glass-ceramic body. including the steps of
| 12-18-2014 |
| 20150374590 | ARTIFICIAL TEETH - Disclosed herein are artificial teeth that include an enamel portion comprising a thermoset resin and a radio-opaque filler material distributed within the thermoset resin. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160000660 | DENTAL CURABLE COMPOSITION INCLUDING CHAIN TRANSFER AGENT - The present invention relates to a dental curable composition that can be suitably used as a dental material that can substitute part or all of a natural tooth, in particular, a resin material for dental cutting and machining in the field of dental care. An object of the present invention is to provide a dental curable composition in which, when a block shape usable as a resin material for dental cutting and machining is produced while mechanical properties such as hardness, bending strength and compressive strength as well as aesthetic property required for a crown prosthetic appliance are maintained, the dental curable composition can be molded and processed with pressure and heating while strain generated in the block is reduced and no cracks and chipping occur. There is provided a dental curable composition including (a) a polymerizable monomer and (b) a filler in a weight ratio of 10:90 to 70:30, and including 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of (c) a polymerization initiator and 0.001 to 1 part by weight of (d) a chain transfer agent being a terpenoid compound based on 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable monomer (a). | 01-07-2016 |
