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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Patrick Colm Dunne, Maynard, MA (US);
Eric B. Paley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Micah J. Rosenbloom, Boston, MA (US);
Michael Patrick Girard, Amherstburg, CA;
Patrick Colm Dunne, Maynard, MA (US);
Eric B. Paley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Micah J. Rosenbloom, Boston, MA (US);
Michael Patrick Girard, Amherstburg, CA;
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The systems and methods disclosed herein employ a combination of digital three-dimensional modeling and rapid fabrication technologies to provide pre-indexed, pre-registered, and/or precut components for articulated dental models. Dental articulators and components of dental models as described herein use a positioning key to encode positional information for components of the dental model, and/or a reference grid on mounting surfaces to enforce local accuracy of fabricated parts against a fixed reference array.