Patent ID: 9026238
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions which implement the following procedures: generating in a user interface a three dimensional graphical rendering of a dental restoration; generating in the user interface a three dimensional graphical rendering of a blank volume, the blank volume corresponding in dimensions to a useable portion of a blank that can be used for milling, wherein the graphical rendering of the blank volume is overlaid upon the three dimensional graphical rendering of the dental restoration such that the three dimensional graphical rendering of the dental restoration appears substantially inside of the three dimensional graphical rendering of the blank volume; based on the three dimensional graphical rendering of the blank volume overlaid upon the three dimensional graphical rendering of the dental restoration, calculating a portion of the dental restoration extends beyond a boundary of the blank volume; and, presenting to a user via the user interface, three dimensional graphical rendering of the blank volume and the three dimensional graphical rendering of the dental restoration to facilitate the user to determine how to proceed with the blank volume, wherein the three dimensional graphical rendering of the portion of the dental restoration that extends beyond the boundary of the blank volume has been assigned a visual indicia, wherein the blank volume has been overlaid upon the three dimensional graphical rendering of the dental restoration, soliciting input from a user defining a design for a dental restoration.