Tools in a system for the design of customized three-dimensional models of dental restorations for subsequent manufacturing. Dental restorations such as implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-ups, bridge frameworks. Moreover, a computer-readable medium for implementing such a system on a computer. A system for designing at least one dental restoration, said system including: a display, means for acquiring and displaying a three dimensional dental restoration model of the dental restoration, and means for displaying a plurality of control points, each of the control points corresponding to a respective location on the dental restoration model, and each of said control points enabling manual customization of the dental restoration model.

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›1.independentA system for designing at least one dental restoration, said system comprising:na display,means for acquiring and displaying a three dimensional denta…+16

›2.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein a control point is activated by moving a mouse cursor within a predetermined distance of said control point.d2+1

›4.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein the control points only are visible when a mouse cursor is within a distance of 10 pixels from the dental res…d2

›5.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein only the control points of the dental restoration model closest to a mouse cursor are visible when two or mor…d2

›6.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein the system comprises means for displaying an arrow or a grid at at least one of the control points, if an arr…d2+2

›9.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein a functionality of at least one control point is variable.d2

›10.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein a functionality of at least one control point can be changed by a user when said control point is activated.d2

›11.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein a functionality of at least one control point is depending on the orientation of the dental restoration model…d2+3

›12.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein the means for acquiring and displaying a three dimensional model of the dental restoration also acquires and …d2

›16.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, the control points are located at the edges of the dental restoration model.d2

›17.↳ 1The system according to claim 1, wherein the dental restoration is selected from the group consisting of an implant abutment, a coping and a tooth cro…d2

›18.independentA method for designing at least one dental restoration at a display, said method comprising:nacquiring and displaying a three dimensional dental resto…+11

›19.↳ 18The method according to claim 18, wherein the method comprises displaying an arrow or a grid at at least one of the control points, if an arrow, then …d2

›20.↳ 18The method according to claim 18, wherein the dental restoration is selected from the group consisting of an implant abutment, a coping and a tooth cr…d2

›21.↳ 18The method according to claim 18, wherein a control point is activated by moving a mouse cursor within a predetermined distance of said control point.d2+3

›25.↳ 18The method according to claim 18, wherein the acquiring and displaying also acquires and displays a three dimensional dental model of the patient's te…d2+3

›29.↳ 18The method according to claim 18, wherein the control points are located at the edges of the dental restoration model.d2

›30.independentA computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium, said computer program product providing a system for designing at least o…

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section A — Human necessities

A61C13/00
A61C8/00

Section G — Physics

G06F17/50

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 61098255	19 Sep 2008
related publication	US 20150265381 A1	24 Sep 2015

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