Patent Document ID: 8612037
Application ID: 13439578
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of developing a physical model of dental features of a mouth of a patient, the physical model for use in making a final prosthesis that is to be coupled to a dental implant installed in the mouth of the patient, the method comprising: scanning the mouth of the patient to develop scan data, the scanning including receiving information to identify a location of the dental implant installed in the mouth of the patient; by use of the scan data, developing a three-dimensional computer model of the dental features of the mouth of the patient, the three-dimensional computer model including the location of the dental implant; by use of the three-dimensional computer model, manufacturing the physical model of the dental features of the mouth so as to include an integral implant analog structure positioned in the physical model based on the location of the dental implant installed in the patient, the physical model being used to develop the final prosthesis by use of the integral implant analog structure, the integral implant analog structure being made of the same material as other parts of the manufactured physical model.