Dentistry – Method or material for testing – treating – restoring – or...
Patent
1986-06-26
1987-12-01
Wilson, John J.
Dentistry
Method or material for testing, treating, restoring, or...
433218, 433223, A61C 500
Patent
active
047101270
ABSTRACT:
A method of establishing a new dental occlusal scheme for a person who has vertical gaps between upper and lower teeth including the steps of making casts of the person's upper and lower teeth, building up overlay material over the cast of the lower teeth, positioning the cast of the upper teeth in articulated position relative to the cast of the lower teeth to produce a desired occlusal relationship between the cast of the upper teeth and the overlay material, curing the overlay material to produce a cured overlay, sculpting the cured overlay to produce an overlay unit consisting of a plurality of cap members resembling upper portions of crowns of natural teeth connected by struts with the cap members having the desired occlusal scheme and morphology, bonding the overlay unit to the lower teeth, severing the struts after the overlay unit has been bonded to the lower teeth to provide complete divisions between adjacent cap members, and shaping the individual cap members to merge into the natural teeth on which they are mounted. An overlay unit for bonding to a plurality of teeth to provide a new dental occlusal scheme including a plurality of individual cap members resembling upper portions of tooth crowns, lower surfaces on each of the individual cap members for complementary mating engagement with the crown portions of natural teeth on which they are to be mounted, the cap members being sculpted to have a desired occlusal scheme and morphology, and struts connecting the individual cap members to each other.
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Bellavia William D.
Missert William
Gastel Joseph P.
Missert William
Wilson John J.
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