US4315740A
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Apparatus for mounting dental casts
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-04-18
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Granted: 1982-02-16
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Expires: 1997-04-18
Abstract
Abstract A dental articulator adapted for supporting jigs having an extending screw which engages a female thread in a button embedded in the base of a stone dental cast as opposed to the conventional method of supporting such dental casts by means of plaster. The apparatus and method also provides a means by which the dental cast can be removed for further laboratory processing with the assurance that it can be removed and remounted in the articulator into the precise position and relationship of the initial mounting, and also provides a novel method for embedding a button into a dental cast by forming a cavity and pouring a cold setting material such as plastic into which a screw is inserted while the poured button is in the fluid form before final setting.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger W. Mercer
- 👤 Louis E. Hay
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 02:48
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C11/00; A61C11/08; A61C11/06; A61C11/081; A61C11/084; A61C11/088
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
In combination, a dental articulator mounting matched upper and lower dental casts having a threaded aperture in the base of each of said dental casts, said combination comprising: (a) an articulator body having a base element, at least one vertical element extending upward from said base element, and a normally horizontal leaf element pivotally supported at the upper end of said vertical element to be superimposed with said base element; (b) a first mounting jig supported by the base element of said articulator body, said first mounting jig having an upward extending screw member; (c) a lower dental cast having a threaded aperture in the base of said lower dental cast, the screw member of said first mounting jig engaging the threaded aperture in the base and mounting said lower dental cast onto the base element of said articulator body; (d) an upper dental cast having a threaded aperture in the base of said upper dental cast; and, (e) a second mounting jig supported by the leaf element of said articulator body, said second mounting jig having a vertically adjustable screw member extending downward and engaging the threaded aperture in said upper dental cast and mounting said upper dental cast onto said second mounting jig.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
205 words
In combination, a dental articulator mounting matched upper and lower dental casts having a threaded aperture in the base of each of said dental casts, said combination comprising: (a) an articulator body having a base element, at least one vertical element extending upward from said base element, and a normally horizontal leaf element pivotally supported at the upper end of said vertical element to be superimposed with said base element; (b) a first mounting jig supported by the base element of said articulator body, said first mounting jig having an upward extending screw member; (c) a lower dental cast having a threaded aperture in the base of said lower dental cast, the screw member of said first mounting jig engaging the threaded aperture in the base and mounting said lower dental cast onto the base element of said articulator body; (d) an upper dental cast having a threaded aperture in the base of said upper dental cast; and, (e) a second mounting jig supported by the leaf element of said articulator body, said second mounting jig having a vertically adjustable screw member extending downward and engaging the threaded aperture in said upper dental cast and mounting said upper dental cast onto said second mounting jig.
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