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Patent No.:

US 12459204 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2021

Adjusting a position of artificial teeth of a denture

Applicant:

Exocad Gmbh, Darmstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Maik Gerth, Darmstadt, DE;

Paul Schnitzspan, Darmstadt, DE;

Grigorios Karangelis, Darmstadt, DE;

Assignee:

EXOCAD GMBH, Darmstadt, DE;

Attorney:

PERRY + CURRIER INC.

Primary Examiner:

Cedric Johnson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/386 (2017.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/01 (2006.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/386 (2017.08); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); A61C 13/0019 (2013.01); A61C 13/01 (2013.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for adjusting a position of artificial teeth of a denture. A digital 3D model of the denture comprising at least a denture part is provided. The denture part is configured for a jaw of a patient and comprises a dental arch with a plurality of artificial teeth arranged in an artificial gingiva. A deformable gingiva section of the artificial gingiva is defined between the teeth of the plurality of artificial teeth and a fixed gingiva section of the artificial gingiva with a fixed geometrical form. The dental arch is moved as a whole relative to the fixed gingiva section in order to adjust the position of the dental arch. A geometrical form of the deformable gingiva section is deformed due to the moving of the dental arch, whereas the fixed gingiva section maintains the fixed geometrical form.

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