Patent ID: 6033221
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A method for forming a denture model using an articulator including an upper member, a lower member and hinge means for joining the upper and lower members, said method comprising:forming upper and lower working models of a patient's mouth and mounting the working models on the upper and lower members of the articular, respectively;forming upper and lower bite plates using a molding composition and fixing said upper and lower bite plates respectively to the upper and lower working models;selecting artificial teeth and mounting the selected artificial teeth in prefabricated tooth molds; andmounting the prefabricated tooth molds on the articulator using an anterior teeth aligning device to hold tooth molds in which anterior teeth are mounted and a molar teeth aligning device, different from the anterior teeth aligning device, to hold tooth molds in which molar teeth are mounted; andjoining the prefabricated tooth molds to the upper and lower bite plates, respectively, using the molding composition, to form the denture model.