SBIR/STTR Research Award
Soild Freeform Fabrication Based Dental Reconstruction
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Tel Med Technologies
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will determine the technical and commercial feasibility of using the rapid freeze prototyping (RFP) and jet model making (JMM) processes to produce ice and wax patterns used in investment casting to fabricate metal castings for dental restorations. The Phase I effort is to develop a solid freeform fabrication based dental reconstruction system that can be used by dental labs to produce high-quality crowns, bridges, and implant structures rapidly and cost-effectively from digital images and computer-aided design data.
Technology keywords
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