Patent Document ID: 20070092854
Application ID: 11585705
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of manufacturing a rapid prototype overmold for locating a dental implant analog in a modified stone model for use in creating a tooth prosthesis comprising the acts of: taking an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker, the gingival healing abutment being attached to the dental implant; preparing a stone model based on the impression, the stone model including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker; scanning the model; generating scan data from the scanning of the model; transferring the scan data to a CAD program; creating a three-dimensional computer model of the installation site on the CAD program using the scan data; determining the at least one informational marker to gather information about the location of the dental implant; developing abutment dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image and the at least one informational marker; developing overmold rapid prototype dimensional information based on the three-dimensional image and the abutment dimensional information; transferring the overmold rapid prototype dimensional information to a rapid prototyping machine; and fabricating the overmold rapid prototype adapted to fit over the modified stone model, the overmold rapid prototype adapted to receive a custom abutment developed from the abutment dimensional information, the custom abutment having an implant analog attached, the overmold rapid prototype further adapted to position the custom abutment and the implant analog within the modified stone model by registering the overmold rapid prototype on at least one tooth model of the modified stone model.