Patent ID: 9737384
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61C

Claim:
1. A method for making dental restorations using a dental articulator comprising an upper frame for simulating the upper dental arch and a lower frame for simulating the lower dental arch, a pair of condyles on the lower frame, one or more removable condylar tables received in the upper frame, an incisal pin on the upper frame, and a removable anterior guide table received in the lower frame, the pair of condyles configured to be moveable in the one or more removable condylar tables to allow movement of the upper frame and the lower frame with respect to each other, the incisal pin configured to interact with the removable anterior guide table, the method comprising: producing an impression of a patient's dentition; recording functional dynamics of occlusion to create a functionally generated path record; producing a model of the patient's upper dental arch and lower dental arch; placing the model of the upper arch and the lower arch in the dental articulator; placing the functionally generated path record in the dental articulator; filling the removable condylar tables and removable anterior guide table with a malleable material; and manipulating the model of the upper dental arch and the lower dental arch to scribe a path into the malleable material.