Patent ID: 7156658

Claim:
A method of determining a patient's facial midline and incisal edge position with respect to the patient's bite registration for use in fabricating dental restorations, said method comprising the steps of: providing a dental measurement device consisting of: a) an oral registration device including a semi-elliptical planar member that is horizontally oriented and inserted into the patients oral cavity, said oral registration device further including thin vertical walls extending upward and downward from the outer elliptical edges of said semi-elliptical planar member; b) a protrusion extending outward from said semi-elliptical member; c) a midline measurement device; d) an incisal edge measurement device; applying a bite registration material to the surfaces of said oral registration device; positioning said dental measurement device in a patients oral cavity to establish a bite registration; attaching said midline measurement device to said protrusion such that the patient's facial midline is spatially identified with respect to said bite registration by the position of said midline measurement device; and attaching said incisal edge measurement device to said protrusion such that the patient's incisal edge is spatially identified with respect to said bite registration by the position of said incisal edge measurement device.