Patent ID: 6986661

Claim:
A process of making and fitting a pin-retained inlay bridge, comprising the steps of: forming an inlay cavity on an occlusal and/or proximal surface of each of two natural teeth around a missing tooth, and forming a plurality of inclined pinholes of 1˜1.5 mm in depth at each of the inlay cavities, thus forming two abutment teeth; taking an impression from clinical information obtained in the step of forming the abutment teeth, and forming an inlay bridge having two inlays respectively fitted in the inlay cavities of the two abutment teeth, with a plurality of locking holes formed on the inlay bridge at positions corresponding to said pinholes of the two abutment teeth; and mounting the inlays of the inlay bridge to the inlay cavities using an adhesive agent such that the locking holes of the inlay bridge are aligned with the pinholes of the inlay cavities, and inserting a pin into each of the pinholes through an associated locking hole, thus fixing the inlay bridge to the abutment teeth.