US 12,434,435 B2
Systems and methods of securing artificial teeth to a dental prosthetic base with gradient polymers
Justin Spencer Marks, Glen Head, NY (US)
Assigned to DIGITAL DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Highland Beach, FL (US)
Filed by DIGITAL DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Highland Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,002.
Prior Publication US 2023/0066191 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 64/20 (2017.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/36 (2006.01); B29C 64/336 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/20 (2017.08) [A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); A61C 13/0019 (2013.01); B29C 64/336 (2017.08); A61C 13/1016 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory communicatively coupled with a 3D printing device and the one or more processors, the memory storing a set of instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
generate a print file representative of a polymeric dental prosthesis to fit within a mouth of a user, the print file including (i) a first material for a dental prosthetic base, (ii) a second material that does not chemically bond with the first material for an artificial tooth, and (iii) a gradient transition zone bonding the first material to the second material that is a gradient polymer of the first material and the second material, and
print, via the 3D printing device, the polymeric dental prosthesis based on the print file, wherein the polymeric dental prosthesis includes the first material, the second material, and the gradient transition zone.