PRODUCTION OF INDIVIDUAL DENTAL PROSTHESES VIA CAD/CAM AND RAPID MANUFACTURING/RAPID PROTOTYPING FROM DIGITALLY RECORDED ORAL DATA

摘要

The method involves provisioning 3D data of mouth situation in edentulate state and performing digital designing of a denture base for a lower and an upper jaw. Virtual teeth are digital positioned with appropriate occlusion based on tooth shape selected according to aesthetic criteria. A dental arch and the denture base are produced using automated process from groups of layer-buildings and material-removing process. The dental arch and dental base are produced using any one of processes such as Stereolithography (SLA), inkjet printing, fused deposition modeling (FDM) and CAD/CAM cutting.