Patent ID: 8403670

Claim:
A method for creating three-dimensional data of a position of an outer periphery at an occlusal surface side of a keeper member to be embedded with respect to an abutment for a dental implant, the method comprising steps of: producing an abutment model having a reference surface for embedding a keeper embedding part with a wax material on a base material engaged with the occlusal surface side of a fixture analog; placing a keeper analog on the reference surface for embedding the keeper embedding part in the abutment model projecting from a predetermined position of a surface at the occlusal surface side of the keeper member, wherein the keeper analog has a reference surface to be located at a side opposite to the abutment model and a surface to be located at the abutment model side, the reference surface has the same shape as a shape of the surface at the occlusal surface side of the keeper member to be embedded in the reference surface for embedding the keeper embedding part, and the surface to be located at the abutment model side is parallel to the reference surface, so that the reference surface is made to be parallel to the surface at the occlusal surface side of the keeper member to be embedded in the reference surface for embedding the keeper embedding part; measuring three-dimensional data of an outside shape of the abutment model having the keeper analog; and creating the three-dimensional data of the position of the outer periphery at the occlusal surface side of the keeper member to be embedded in the reference surface for embedding the keeper embedding part based on the measured three-dimensional data of the outside shape of the abutment model having the keeper analog, wherein the method further comprises: a first step of acquiring a normal vector of the reference surface and an outer periphery of the reference surface of the keeper analog, and a second step of moving the outer periphery of the reference surface of the keeper analog to a measurement position by a height of the keeper analog from the reference surface of the keeper analog along the normal vector of the reference surface of the keeper analog, replacing the three-dimensional data of the outer periphery at the occlusal surface side of the keeper analog to the three-dimensional data of the outer periphery representing on the reference surface for embedding the keeper embedding part.