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NON-METAL RESTORATION VIA FREEFORM FABRICATION

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
54386 		Program Year/Program:
2001 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
1R43DE013776-01A1 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Ceramic Composites, Inc.
133 Defense Highway, Suite 212 Annapolis, MD 21401-8907
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Woman-Owned: Yes
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2001
Title: NON-METAL RESTORATION VIA FREEFORM FABRICATION
Agency: HHS
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $98,580.00
 

Abstract:

DESCRIPTION: The overall goal of this development is a low cost automated fabrication system for indirect, all-ceramic and polymer composite restorations as alternatives to amalgam. Ceramic and polymer composite restorations are available and have shown good results clinically, but are not widely used because of their relatively high cost and/or laboratory processing requirements compared to Dental amalgam. It is anticipated the proposed system will offer faster, lower cost process compared to Dental the conventional and newer CAD-CAM based fabrication techniques (e.g., CEREC II for chairside and Procera for laboratory processing). The fabrication system will be based on rapid prototyping techniques (i.e., additive, layer-by-layer freeform fabrication) and will create all-ceramic and polymer composite Dental restorations directly from three-dimensional (3D) imaging data. The complete system will consist of a 3D intraoral camera for collecting the surface profile of the restoration site, CAD software for creating occlusal and proximal surfaces, an automated fabrication machine that builds the restoration directly from CAD file generated from the scan data, and post processing equipment to fully cure or sinter the restoration making it ready for insertion. Phase I goals are to demonstrate the new process can produce durable Dental restorations with good material properties and accuracy of fit. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE

Principal Investigator:

Walter Zimbeck

Business Contact:


4102243710
SHARON@TECHASSESS.COM
Small Business Information at Submission:

CERAMIC COMPOSITES, INC.
133 DEFENSE HWY, STE 212 ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401

EIN/Tax ID: 521741350
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No