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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Stephan Holzner, Hohenschäftlarn, DE;
Gerhard Weber, Pürgen, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Holzner, Hohenschäftlarn, DE;
Gerhard Weber, Pürgen, DE;
Assignee:
Institut Straumann AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 13/10 (2006.01); A61C 13/08 (2006.01); A61C 13/12 (2006.01); A61C 13/225 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method for producing a base part of a set of artificial teeth, or a set of artificial teeth having a base part, comprising the step of forming the base part by a rapid prototyping process, e.g. 3D lithography and, in particular, 3D laser lithography. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of establishing a data set representing the shape of a base part of a set of artificial teeth, wherein a gum area or a model thereof is scanned and/or a model of a base part is scanned and/or the shape of the base part is simulated on a computer.