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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2007
Sang Chul Lee, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Chang Hwan Byun, Seoul, KR;
Tae Seok Park, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Ray Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
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.