Patent ID: 11865653
Assignee: VIAX DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A  Y | IPC A  B

Claim 10:
11. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the dental overlay and the additional dental overlay are part of a set of overlays for removing tooth structure from the tooth to be prepared for a later installation of a crown, bridge, onlay, inlay, veneer, or other dental restoration on the tooth to be prepared after the removal of the defined tooth structure to be removed from the tooth to be prepared, wherein the steps of producing the dental overlay and producing the additional dental overlay comprise two of the following steps i)-v):
(i) producing one of the dental overlay and the additional dental overlay with a first configuration for limiting the movement of the dental cutting tool to cut away at least a portion of an upper part of the tooth to be prepared based on the desired height of remaining tooth structure of the tooth to be prepared after the removal of the defined tooth structure to be removed from the tooth to be prepared;
(ii) producing one of the dental overlay and the additional dental overlay with a second configuration for limiting the movement of the dental cutting tool to cut away at least a portion of one of the longitudinal sides of the tooth to be prepared;
(iii) producing one of the dental overlay and the additional dental overlay with a third configuration for limiting the movement of the dental cutting tool to cut away at least a portion of one of the transversal sides of the tooth to be prepared;
(iv) producing one of the dental overlay and the additional dental overlay with a fourth configuration for limiting the movement of the dental cutting tool to round off edges between the longitudinal and the transversal sides of the tooth to be prepared at one side of the tooth to be prepared; and
(v) producing one of the dental overlay and the additional dental overlay with a fifth configuration for limiting the movement of the dental cutting tool to round off edges between the longitudinal and the transversal sides of the tooth to be prepared at the other side of the tooth to be prepared opposite the one side of the tooth to be prepared.