Patent ID: 6478580
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A coordinative dental-die-interlocking system comprising:a dental-die pin having a tooth-anchor portion and a sleeve-insertion portion; the tooth-anchor portion of the dental-die pin being anchored rigidly in a tooth-die base; the sleeve-insertion portion of the dental-die pin being inserted removably in a die-pin sleeve that is anchored rigidly in a dental-model base; the sleeve-insertion portion of the dental-die pin including one or more guide projections that fit predeterminedly intermediate guide walls on the die-pin sleeve; a pin taper on a predetermined outside peripheral portion of the dental-die pin; a sleeve taper on a mating inside peripheral portion of the die-pin sleeve; the pin taper and the sleeve taper being tapered reciprocally for snugging insertion of the pin taper in the sleeve taper, a plurality of sizes of die-pin sleeves which include a separate size of die-pin sleeve for each of a plurality of teeth sections of the dental-model base; a plurality of sizes of dental-die pins which include a separate size of dental-die pin for each of the plurality of sizes of the die-pin sleeves; the plurality of die-pin sleeves including sleeve-identification markings; the plurality of dental-die pins including pin-identification markings for matching of the pin-identification markings with the sleeve-identification markings to mate the dental-die pins with the die-pin sleeves predeterminedly; and a pin lock in predetermined locking communication intermediate the dental-die pin and the die-pin sleeve.