Patent ID: 7648362

Claim:
A dental restoration, consisting of: a base structure ( 16 ) formed of a selected one of a single member and multiple members, the base structure being adapted to be placed on a selected one of a tooth stump of a tooth of the dental patient, interconnecting material on the tooth stump, a peg supported by a jaw of the dental patient, and an attachment element operable to be secured to neighboring tooth structure adjacent to the location at which the dental restoration is to be mounted, the base structure having inner and outer contours; a pre-fabricated comparatively hard over structure ( 24 ) in the form of a molar or premolar which, when assembled with the base structure ( 16 ), at least partially covers the base structure ( 16 ), the over structure ( 24 ) having an inner contour and at least one pre-configured bite element ( 38 ) having a predetermined bite surface on an outer contour; and a single layer of light polymerizable elastic interconnecting material ( 26 ) for coupling the base structure ( 16 ) and the over structure ( 24 ) with one another, the interconnecting material filling the entire layer defining space between the inner contour of the over structure and the outer contour of the base structure, the base structure and over structure.