Patent ID: 9539062
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61C,A61K,A61L,G16H

Claim:
1. A method of manufacturing a dental implant to replace a non-functional natural tooth positioned in a jawbone of a specific pre-identified patient, the method comprising the steps of: receiving data describing an in-vivo dental anatomy of the specific pre-identified patient associated with the non-functional natural tooth prior to removal from the jawbone of the specific pre-identified patient, the in-vivo dental anatomy to include a three-dimensional outer surface shape of at least portions of a root of the non-functional natural tooth, and a three-dimensional outer surface shape of at least portions of a crown of the non-functional natural tooth and surrounding gum tissue to define received data comprising received in-vivo imaging data; forming at least one three-dimensional virtual model of at least portions of the non-functional natural tooth positioned in the jawbone of the specific pre-identified patient responsive to at least portions of the received in-vivo imaging data, the at least one three-dimensional virtual model of the non-functional natural tooth including a modeled virtual root portion and a modeled virtual crown portion; and designing the dental implant based upon the at least one three-dimensional virtual model of at least portions of the non-functional natural tooth, the step of designing the dental implant including the steps of: