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Method of producing a dental ceramic structure

US8685294B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

DeguDent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Fecher · Goldbach, DE
Lothar Volkl · Goldbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 2004
Grant date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61C13/0004
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method of producing a dental ceramic structure by digitizing a model or partial model of the prosthesis to be produced and generating a CAD data set, cutting each section of the muffle based on the CAD data set to form the cavity, pressing the ceramic into the cavity by way of at least one sprue, removing the hardened ceramic from the cavity with the sprue or flash and removing the sprue or flash based on the CAD data set.

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