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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2022
James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
David Leeson, North Tustin, CA (US);
Terry Reed, Midway City, CA (US);
Summer Ree Takenaka, Fullerton, CA (US);
Babak Manafighazani, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Andrey Lebedev, Moscow, RU;
James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of generating a reduction coping includes receiving a digital model comprising a virtual preparation tooth, determining one or more virtual reduction regions on the virtual preparation tooth, and generating a virtual reduction coping comprising one or more exposed regions corresponding to the one or more virtual reduction regions. A method of generating a physical reduction coping includes receiving a 3D digital model of a virtual reduction coping and performing additive manufacturing to generate a physical reduction coping from the virtual reduction coping.