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A technique to produce a mirror-image wax pattern of an ear using rapid prototyping technology
Majd Al Mardini1, Carlo Ercoli, Gerald N Graser
1University of Rochester Eastman Dental Center, Rochester, NY, USA. Majd_AlMardini@URMC.Rochester.edu
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
|July 28, 2005
Abstract:
This article describes the use of computer-aided techniques to produce a wax pattern of a missing ear. A 3-dimensional (3-D) computer model of a conventional cast from a patient was obtained using an optical surface capture device (scanner). The 3-D computer model was inverted, using computer-aided design software. A physical thermoplastic (wax) pattern of the inverted 3-D cast was produced using a rapid prototyping (RP) machine.
