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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Ivoclar Vivadent Ag, Schaan, LI;
Gottfried Rohner, Altstätten, CH;
Rudolf Jussel, Feldkirch-Gisingen, AT;
Michael Brotzge, Koblach, AT;
Johannes Lorünser, Bludenz, AT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a dental furnace comprising a firing hood equipped with a heating device that is movably supported for the opening and closing of the dental furnace relative to a base intended for receiving a dental restoration part, and further comprising a heat detection device that is directed towards an area above the base, in particular towards one or more dental restoration parts, and further comprising a control or regulating device for the dental furnace that is coupled to the heat detection device, wherein the heat detection device is configured as a thermal imaging camera () which is directed towards the area above the base while the firing hood () is partially or completely opened, and which feeds an at least two-dimensional image in the form of a matrix of the one or more inserted dental restoration parts () to the control or regulating device and/or to a muffle () that is intended for the generation of the dental restoration parts ().