US 12,324,715 B2
Dental restoration molds
James D. Hansen, White Bear Lake, MN (US); Joseph C. Dingeldein, Hudson, WI (US); and Mary C. Doruff, Stillwater, MN (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/430,975.
Application 18/430,975 is a continuation of application No. 17/458,688, filed on Aug. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,925,522.
Application 17/458,688 is a continuation of application No. 16/061,350, granted, now 11,123,165, issued on Sep. 21, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2016/066806, filed on Dec. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/268,561, filed on Dec. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0238072 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 13/08 (2006.01); A61C 5/35 (2017.01); A61C 5/85 (2017.01)
CPC A61C 13/081 (2013.01) [A61C 5/35 (2017.02); A61C 5/85 (2017.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising:
a mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient, the mold body including an occlusal portion forming an occlusal surface corresponding with an occlusal surface of the tooth or an incisal portion corresponding with an incisal surface of the tooth, a mesial proximal portion forming a mesial proximal surface corresponding with a mesial proximal surface of the tooth, and a distal proximal portion forming a distal proximal surface corresponding with a distal proximal surface of the tooth,
wherein the mold body is configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing missing tooth structure of the tooth, and
wherein the mesial proximal portion, the distal proximal portion, and at least one of the occlusal portion or the incisal portion are based on three-dimensional scan data of the mouth of the patient, and
wherein the mesial proximal portion or the distal proximal portion extend subgingivally.