Patent ID: 9192456
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A61C,B33Y

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for making a denture comprised of a base of denture base material and a plurality of teeth joined to the base, the apparatus comprising: a) a material holding fixture; b) a material removal device; and c) a first fluid synthetic tooth material delivery device configured to deliver a first fluid synthetic tooth material into a first mold cavity; d) a second fluid synthetic tooth material delivery device configured to deliver a second fluid synthetic tooth material into a second mold cavity; wherein the material removal device is configured to contact a block of the denture base material held by the fixture so as to cause the material removal device to remove a portion of the denture base material and form the first mold cavity in the block for receiving first fluid synthetic tooth material; wherein the material holding fixture and material removal device are configured to move with respect to each other so as to cause the material removal device to remove denture base material from the block and first solid tooth material in the first mold cavity so as to form the second mold cavity; and wherein the material holding fixture and material removal device are configured to move with respect to each other so as to cause the material removal device to remove denture base material from the block and first and second solid tooth material in the first and second mold cavities so as to form the denture base and at least a portion of the plurality of teeth, and wherein the removing denture base material from the block includes removing denture base material forming a portion of the first mold cavity contacted by the first fluid synthetic tooth material.