141 |
DENTAL ARTICULATOR |
US14321482 |
2014-07-01 |
US20140315145A1 |
2014-10-23 |
Rami Boltanski; Nir Makmel; Avi Kopelman |
A dental articulator is provided in which at least one of the two arms thereof has a base member that is articulated with respect to a bracket element onto which a dental model may be mounted, allowing independent movement of the dental model with respect to the pivot axis hingedly linking the arms. |
142 |
DENTAL ARTICULATOR |
US13203904 |
2011-06-20 |
US20140080088A1 |
2014-03-20 |
Yun soon Kim |
Provided is a dental articulator, and more particularly, a dental articulator, in which a tray keeping a shape and dimensions of a dental model is fitted into an upper portion of a base member to which the dental model is coupled. Particularly, the tray coupled to a top surface of the base member is geometrically similar to the base member, and includes a boundary wall formed along an edge thereof at a predetermined thickness and height, a through-hole formed inside the boundary wall, and a pin cap structure that has a plurality of fitting holes into which pins of a pin structure of the base member are fitted and which are continuously formed along an inner central axis of the through-hole and that is connected to opposite inner ends of the boundary wall. Further, each of the arcuate and linear boundary walls of the tray has a plaster anti-overflow flange formed at an upper end thereof and bent in an outward direction to prevent plaster from overflowing down. The front arcuate boundary wall includes tool insertion cages in lower ends of both lateral surfaces thereof which are recessed inwards so that the dental model is easily separated from the base member after being hardened. |
143 |
MODEL PLATE ARRAY FOR PRODUCING DENTURES |
US14005955 |
2012-03-05 |
US20140017626A1 |
2014-01-16 |
Matthias Funk |
The invention relates to a two-part model plate array for producing dentures. The model plate array comprises a model plate having a dental crown model and sliding elements, and a model base plate having guides. The sliding elements can be inserted into the guides of the model base plate. |
144 |
DEVICE FOR CLAMPING CASTS IN DENTAL ARTICULATORS |
US14000097 |
2012-02-17 |
US20130323676A1 |
2013-12-05 |
Havid Efren Abdala Pastor |
The invention relates to a device for mounting and temporarily clamping dental casts using multi-functional receiving formwork elements that secure the dental casts, allowing the ratio measurements to be repeated as many times as desired using telescopic cylinders having a memory unit, said cylinders being manual and/or mechanical with screws and/or pneumatic and/or hydraulic and being used to secure, support and universally calibrate the multi-functional receiving formwork element of the dental articulator, thereby allowing the dental record of the casts to be created. |
145 |
Disposable articulator having at least one continuous opening for acceptance of stabilization means |
US09909893 |
2001-07-23 |
US08573973B2 |
2013-11-05 |
Jose Walter |
An articulator has trays which have at least one opening with repeating broadened and narrowed regions allows for varying stabilization means to be used therewith. In one embodiment, the stone used for making the model acts as a stabilizing means without use of pins. |
146 |
Dental cast stabilizer |
US13188725 |
2011-07-22 |
US08484812B2 |
2013-07-16 |
Michael Robert Meharry; Branden DaVault |
A dental cast stabilizer secures a dental cast to a dental cast articulator, and includes a fastening hole strap and a fastening post strap with a band body disposed therebetween. The fastening post strap includes a fastening post disposed thereon, and the fastening hole strap includes a fastening hole disposed thereon that is capable of receiving the fastening post or mounting plate thumb screw on an articulator. |
147 |
CAST MOUNTING FOR ARTICULATOR |
US13311471 |
2011-12-05 |
US20130143177A1 |
2013-06-06 |
ENZO GAMBACORTA |
A mechanical interfitting connector for repeatably connecting dental models of teeth to articulators without damaging the former. The connector may include a socket mountable to a model and a male member mountable to the articulator, wherein the male member enters and engages the socket. The socket may be adhered to the model or alternatively partially embedded therein. A screw may be passed through the socket and male member so as to leave a small marking on the dental model, thereby indexing the socket and model for subsequent mountings, and also to prevent disengagement of the male member from the socket. A supplementary plate may be provided to secure anchoring of the male member to the socket, and to shield plaster which has not fully hardened against damage during hardening. |
148 |
Digital dentistry |
US12161252 |
2007-01-19 |
US08454365B2 |
2013-06-04 |
Joseph Boerjes; Simon K. J. Schiessl; Michael P. Girard; Micah J. Rosenbloom; Eric B. Paley; Edward K. Tekeian; Steven V. Weeks; David E. Altobelli; Douglas M. Johnston; Janos Rohaly |
The systems and methods disclosed herein employ a scanning system for capturing highly detailed digital dental models. These models may be used within a dentist's office for a wide array of dental functions including quality control, restoration design, and fitting. These models may also, or instead, be transmitted to dental laboratories that may, alone or in collaboration with the originating dentist or other dental professionals, transform the digital model into a physical realization of a dental hardware item. |
149 |
Dental articulator |
US12654735 |
2009-12-30 |
US08382474B2 |
2013-02-26 |
Rami Boltanski; Nir Makmel; Avi Kopelman |
A dental articulator is provided in which at least one of the two arms thereof has a base member that is articulated with respect to a bracket element onto which a dental model may be mounted, allowing independent movement of the dental model with respect to the pivot axis hingedly linking the arms. |
150 |
Dynamically Generated Dental Articulator Controls |
US13641235 |
2011-04-15 |
US20130034828A1 |
2013-02-07 |
Ronald G. Presswood; Ronald G. Presswood, JR. |
This invention relates to improved methods and apparatus for recording and simulating the condylar movement of an individual. This invention also provides a dental articulator which is designed to simulate the jaw or condylar movements of a patient. This instrument enables a dentist to obtain the necessary diagnostic information for treatment of the occlusal irregularities, such as malocclusion, and the fabrication of dental cast or “dentures”. |
151 |
DENTAL CAST STABILIZER |
US13188725 |
2011-07-22 |
US20130022938A1 |
2013-01-24 |
Michael Robert Meharry; Branden DaVault |
A dental cast stabilizer secures a dental cast to a dental cast articulator, and includes a fastening hole strap and a fastening post strap with a band body disposed therebetweeen. The fastening post strap includes a fastening post disposed thereon, and the fastening hole strap includes a fastening hole disposed thereon that is capable of receiving the fastening post or mounting plate thumb screw on an articulator. |
152 |
DENTAL ARTICULATOR FOR POSITIONING THE ARCADES WITHOUT THE USE OF PLASTER |
US13502245 |
2010-07-26 |
US20120295219A1 |
2012-11-22 |
Jorge Avelino Monteiro Geras; Edeli De Mare |
This patent application refers to a mechanical equipment that, when used in conjunction with a device to determine the position of the superior arcade of the patient, based on landmarks on the skull of the same, allows accurate reproduction of the position of the dental arches, represented by plaster models and simulation of mandibular movements. These models are connected to the equipment, through a unique positioning mechanical system, eliminating the use of plaster to fix the same. The patent, now required, includes features of the equipment currently called “articulator” and “face-bow” and adds new features in an unprecedented and innovative way. The set of the equipment is light weighted, and easy to handle, allowing up to 50% reduction in the time required for assembly and adjustments when compared to the equipment market, and its guide system makes the reproduction of mandibular movements very accurate, avoiding errors in diagnosis and treatment. |
153 |
DIGITAL DENTISTRY |
US13477381 |
2012-05-22 |
US20120231421A1 |
2012-09-13 |
Joseph Boerjes; Simon K.J. Schiessl; Michael P. Girard; Micah J. Rosenbloom; Eric B. Paley; Edward K. Tekeian; Steven V. Weeks; David E. Altobelli; Douglas M. Johnston; Janos Rohaly |
The systems and methods disclosed herein employ a scanning system for capturing highly detailed digital dental models. These models may be used within a dentist's office for a wide array of dental functions including quality control, restoration design, and fitting. These models may also, or instead, be transmitted to dental laboratories that may, alone or in collaboration with the originating dentist or other dental professionals, transform the digital model into a physical realization of a dental hardware item. |
154 |
Local enforcement of accuracy in fabricated models |
US12710721 |
2010-02-23 |
US08262388B2 |
2012-09-11 |
Patrick Colm Dunne; Eric B. Paley; Micah J. Rosenbloom; Michael Patrick Girard |
The systems and methods disclosed herein employ a combination of digital three-dimensional modeling and rapid fabrication technologies to provide pre-indexed, pre-registered, and/or precut components for articulated dental models. Dental articulators and components of dental models as described herein use a positioning key to encode positional information for components of the dental model, and/or a reference grid on mounting surfaces to enforce local accuracy of fabricated parts against a fixed reference array. |
155 |
Dental articulator with positioning key |
US12710747 |
2010-02-23 |
US08215956B2 |
2012-07-10 |
Patrick Colm Dunne; Erie B. Paley; Micah J. Rosenbloom; Michael Patrick Girard |
The systems and methods disclosed herein employ a combination of digital three-dimensional modeling and rapid fabrication technologies to provide pre-indexed, pre-registered, and/or precut components for articulated dental models. Dental articulators and components of dental models as described herein use a positioning key to encode positional information for components of the dental model, and/or a reference grid on mounting surfaces to enforce local accuracy of fabricated parts against a fixed reference array. |
156 |
Occlusal plane analyzer, articulator, and occlusal plane analyzing method |
US12230091 |
2008-08-22 |
US07950923B2 |
2011-05-31 |
Kaoru Koide; Iori Saitoh |
An occlusal plane analyzer (5) is composed of an analysis board (7) made of a magnetic material and held above a lower jaw model (2), a magnet (8) which can attract the analysis board (7) with magnetic force and which has a circular support hole (15) going through in an attraction direction of the magnetic force, and a Monson curve imparting tool (9) composed of a spherical body section (17) which is made of a magnetic material with a diameter larger than an inside diameter of the support hole (15) and which can be attracted to the support hole (15), an extended section (18) extending from the spherical body section (17), and a spherical surface regenerating section (19) further extending from a distal end of the extended section (18) for drawing a circular arc concentric with the spherical body section (17). |
157 |
Method for preparing a physical plaster model |
US11633417 |
2006-12-05 |
US07942671B2 |
2011-05-17 |
Eldad Taub; Avi Kopelman |
The invention provides a method for creating a physical teeth model. The method comprises the following steps: providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition that comprises at least a region of the teeth that includes a tooth stump on which a crown is to be fitted or a region on to which a bridge is to be fitted; and preparing a physical model of the jaws of a subject from a blank, based on information from said virtual 3D image. |
158 |
Superposition for visualization of three-dimensional data acquisition |
US11469869 |
2006-09-03 |
US07840042B2 |
2010-11-23 |
Ilya A. Kriveshko; Joseph Boerjes; Steven V. Weeks; Janos Rohaly |
The systems and methods disclosed herein employ superposition of two-dimensional video and a rendered, three-dimensional image to provide visual feedback during acquisition and analysis of three-dimensional data. These systems and methods may be usefully employed in a context such as dentistry to assist in the acquisition of highly detailed and accurate digital dental models from the dentition of a dental patient. |
159 |
Dental articulator |
US11390604 |
2006-03-28 |
US07690919B2 |
2010-04-06 |
Ronald E. Huffman |
A dental modeling system for forming a dental model from a mold of at least a portion of a person's opposed upper and lower teeth. The modeling system includes dental articulator features that are integrated with opposing bases and dental model bases configured to receive removable tapered pins. The system also includes pin locators for improved alignment of teeth of the dental mold when creating the dental model. The pin locator can also include removable tapered pins for use in aligning with specific teeth of the dental mold. |
160 |
Occlusal plane analyzer, articulator, and occlusal plane analyzing method |
US12230091 |
2008-08-22 |
US20090053670A1 |
2009-02-26 |
Kaoru Koide; Iori Saitoh |
An occlusal plane analyzer 5 is composed of an analysis board 7 made of a magnetic material and held above a lower jaw model 2, a magnet 8 which can attract the analysis board 7 with magnetic force and which has a circular support hole 15 going through in an attraction direction of the magnetic force, and a Monson curve imparting tool 9 composed of a spherical body section 17 which is made of a magnetic material with a diameter larger than an inside diameter of the support hole 15 and which can be attracted to the support hole 15, an extended section 18 extending from the spherical body section 17, and a spherical surface regenerating section 19 further extending from a distal end of the extended section 18 and drawing a circular arc concentric with the spherical body section 17. |