Patent ID: 9326834
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61C,B33Y

Claim Text:
1. A method of making a functional fitting replica denture comprising a. obtaining a physical model of a denture, b. forming a mold of at least a portion of the physical model of the denture that corresponds to an anterior teeth region, a portion of a posterior teeth region, and a gingival region surrounding the anterior and posterior teeth regions of the physical model, c. removing the anterior teeth region and a portion of the gingival region of the physical model to form a gap in the physical model, d. selecting a plurality of denture teeth that correspond to the anterior teeth region removed from the physical model, e. positioning the denture teeth into recesses formed in the mold by the anterior teeth region, f. assembling the physical model and the mold, and positioning the denture teeth in the gap of the physical model, g. introducing a formable material into the mold, substantially filling the gap with formable material and denture teeth, embedding at least a portion of the denture teeth in the formable material, and holding the denture teeth in position in the gap with the formable material, and h. disassembling the mold from the physical model to provide a functional fitting replica denture that comprises the physical denture model and denture teeth embedded in formable material in the gap of the physical model.