Patent ID: 7035702
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: A61C,B33Y,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method to model dental restorations, said method comprising: (a) compiling a database of materials for use in preparing a dental restoration; (b) compiling a database of procedures for preparing said dental restoration; (c) determining the geometrical constraints of said dental restoration; (d) determining the aesthetic constraints of said dental restoration; and (e) inputting said geometrical constraints and said aesthetic constraints to a computer to mathematically select from said material database and said procedure database a recipe for producing said dental restoration; wherein said computer is further input with constraints determined by a dentist and/or dental technician, wherein said dentist and/or dental technician constraints comprise limitations on the choice of material, complexity of the procedure and/or coarseness of the recipe, and wherein said recipe coarseness is constrained by defining the minimal voxel size and/or limiting the number of sublayers.