摘要 |
Method and instrument (17) for fabricating a dental restorative (11) having an attaching section and a tooth-shaped section projecting therefrom, the latter section being provided with a predetermined standard occlusal surface including cusps and fossae, said method comprising:… (a) forming models (12) of opposing portions of a patient's jaws, one of the jaw portions including a segment for supporting the restorative (11) in a predetermined location;… (b) positioning the attaching section and the tooth-shaped section on the supporting segment of the one-jaw portion model (12);… (c) shaping the attaching section to the contour of the supporting segment engaged thereby;… (d) contacting a predetermined area of the occlusal surface with a segment of said instrument (17) having a predetermined rounded exterior (19) and imparting indicia on portions of said surface area contacted thereby, said indicia identifying said portions of potential interference with the desired occlusion to be effected with said restorative (11) when said models (12) are in occluding relation; and… (e) removing a selected number of said identified potential interference portions from the occlusal surface. |