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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2016
Applicant:
3shape A/s, Copenhagen K, DK;
Inventors:
Rune Fisker, Virum, DK;
Birk Plönnigs, Frederiksberg, DK;
Assignee:
3Shape A/S, Copenhagen K, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 13/097 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 19/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 13/097 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61C 19/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for scanning an edentulous patent who has a denture, where an impression material arranged at the gum-facing surfaces of the dentures is shaped by the patient's gums and both the teeth side and the gum-facing surface of the denture is scanned and the obtained digital 3D representations are used to determine the relative arrangement of the patient's edentulous jaws in a bite determined by the dentures.