US 12,186,144 B2
Dental restoration molds
Joseph C. Dingeldein, Hudson, WI (US); John M. Pilgrim, Woodbury, MN (US); Christopher R. Kokaisel, Woodbury, MN (US); Katelyn M. Languell, Eagan, MN (US); and James D. Hansen, White Bear Lake, MN (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/266,431
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/045483
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/033532, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/756,631, filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/756,675, filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/717,506, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/717,485, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0290349 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 13/107 (2006.01); A61C 5/20 (2017.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 13/0001 (2013.01) [A61C 5/20 (2017.02); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); A61C 13/20 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising:
a facial mold body for a patient-specific, customized fit with a facial side of at least one tooth of the patient, wherein the facial mold body includes a facial restorative portion, at least one aperture aligned with a portion of a surface of a tooth to be restored and at least one door having an inner surface forming a portion of a mold cavity encompassing missing tooth structure of the tooth to be restored, wherein the at least one door mates with the aperture;
a lingual mold body for a patient-specific, customized fit with a lingual side of the tooth of the patient, wherein the lingual mold body includes a lingual restorative portion;
wherein the facial mold body and lingual mold body are configured to interlock together; and
wherein the facial mold body and lingual mold body are configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing the missing tooth structure of the at least one tooth to be restored, wherein the at least one door includes a hinge for attachment to the lingual mold body or the facial mold body, wherein the hinge includes a first portion with a first diameter and a second portion with a second diameter larger than the first diameter, and wherein the door includes a hinge pin moveable between the first portion and the second portion,
wherein the second portion is configured for lifting away and pulling the door away from the aperture, and wherein the first portion is configured for inserting the door into the aperture.