Patent ID: 11903792
Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for manufacturing a dental restoration for a patient, where the method comprises:
obtaining a 3D scan of at least a restoration site of the patient's mouth, where the manufactured dental restoration is adapted for fitting to the restoration site;
obtaining a computer-aided design (CAD design) of the dental restoration;
milling the restoration from a material, where the restoration is milled both on an inside surface configured for fitting to the shape of the restoration site of the patient's mouth and on an outside surface, where the milling is according to the obtained CAD design;
transferring the milled restoration to a holder that supports the restoration and provides a fixed known position of the restoration relative to a post-processing machinery, where the restoration is retained on the inside surface, to allow the outside surface of the restoration to be approachable, free, and accessible, wherein the holder is separate from the restoration, wherein the fixed and known position provides that the exact position and orientation of the milled restoration is known by a controller of the post-processing machinery, when the post-processing is performed, to allow the post-processing to be performed correctly relative to the position of the restoration; and
performing post-processing of the outside surface of the restoration, wherein the transferring comprises a selection of automatically transferring by a machinery, manually transferring by an operator, or a combination of automatically transferring by a machinery and manually transferring by an operator, wherein the holder is an interface which is adapted to be attached to at least one standard fixture, and wherein the holder is made from a compressible material, to allow the holder to be compressed during sintering the restoration.