Virtual splint

US9877812B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nobel Biocare Services AG · CH

Inventors

• Veerle Wouters · Kessel-Lo, BE
• Wouter Mollemans · Ekeren, BE
• Filip Schutyser · Sint-Niklaas, BE
• Pascal Kunz · Zürich, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2018
• Expiry date: May 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B33Y50/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In embodiment of the invention provides a method of producing a dental splint comprising the steps of: obtaining a set of 3D surface data, the 3D surface data representing a surface of a patient's oral situation, obtaining a support structure model describing a dental splint configured to fit to a portion of the surface of the patient's oral situation, modifying an apical edge of the support structure model in dependence on the 3D surface data, producing the dental splint in dependence on the modified support structure model.