Patent ID: 8425229

Claim:
A method for computer-based planning of a dental restorative procedure for a patient having a craniooral space and for computer-based planning of a bridge framework for said dental restorative procedure, said method comprising: determining a first spatial position of a first boundary surface, in said craniooral space, of a veneering of a dental restoration by identifying at least one anatomically fixed reference point that is anatomically stable in a craniooral data set acquired from said patient and then determining from said at least one anatomically fixed referenced point a position in space of at least one of a virtual tooth or an occlusion line, said first boundary surface to be arranged coronally at said occlusion line of said patient; determining a second spatial position of a second boundary surface, in said craniooral space remote said first boundary surface, of a dental implant of said dental restoration, wherein a top surface of said dental implant is said second boundary surface; and determining via a computer a third spatial position of at least a portion of said bridge framework relative to at least one of said first and second spatial positions.