Patent ID: 6508651
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A denture comprising:a denture plate and at least one false tooth affixed to the denture plate, the at least one false tooth corresponding to at least one of an upper second premolar, an upper first molar, a lower second premolar or a lower first molar, wherein the following conditions are satisfied when the denture is implanted in a patient: (a) an imaginary plane passing through supporting cuspals of upper second premolars and supporting cuspals of upper first molars is parallel, or substantially parallel, to an occlusal plane, (b) an imaginary plane passing through bases of opposed-tooth contact regions formed on occlusal surfaces of lower second premolars and lower first molars is parallel, or substantially parallel, to the occlusal plane, wherein the opposed-tooth contact regions of the lower second premolars and the lower first molars have substantially concave surfaces and (c) in centric occlusion, the supporting cusps of the upper second premolars and supporting cusps of the upper first molars contact the bases of the respective opposed-tooth contact regions formed on the occlusal surfaces of the lower second premolars and the lower first molars.