Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating manufacturing parameters during a dental procedure to construct a dental prosthesis, the method comprising the steps of: a) intra-orally scanning a patient to generate intra-oral data; b) extra-orally scanning the patient during a mandibular motion to generate dynamic extra-oral maxillofacial data; c) resolving the intra-oral data with the dynamic extra-oral maxillofacial data to generate a combined data model; d) generating a model representation of the dental prosthesis based on the combined data model and displaying the model representation to a user; and e) generating manufacturing parameters based on the combined data model.

Abstract: A method of creating a dental implant drill-guide is provided comprising the steps of using mucosal impression data of an edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch having a plurality of orthodontic screws inserted into the osseous tissue thereof and which extend through the gingival mucosa, along with image data of the arch to determine dental implant position data for the insertion of one or more dental implants into the edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch relative to the positions of the plurality of orthodontic screws. It is then possible to create a dental implant drill-guide to guide the drilling of dental-implant cavities in the edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch, and subsequently create a dental implant drill-guide from the dental implant drill-guide parameter data, the dental implant drill-guide having a plurality of orthodontic screw-seats which are engagable with the said plurality of orthodontic screws.

Abstract: A method of creating a dental implant drill-guide is provided, comprising the steps of using mucosal impression data of an edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch having a plurality of orthodontic screws inserted into the osseous tissue thereof and which extend through the gingival mucosa, along with image data of the arch to determine dental implant position data for the insertion of one or more dental implants into the edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch relative to the positions of the plurality of orthodontic screws. It is then possible to create a dental implant drill-guide to guide the drilling of dental-implant cavities in the edentulous maxillary or mandibular arch, and subsequently create a dental implant drill-guide from the dental implant drill-guide parameter data, the dental implant drill-guide having a plurality of orthodontic screw-seats which are engagable with the said plurality of orthodontic screws.