SBIR-STTR Award

Solid Freeform Fabrication Based Dental Reconstruction
Award last edited on: 4/1/2019

Sponsored Program
STTR
Awarding Agency
NSF
Total Award Amount
$621,012
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
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Principal Investigator
Stephen M Schmitt

Company Information

Tel Med Technologies

PO Box 595852
Fort Gratiot, MI 48059
   (800) 243-4145
   sschm11977@aol.com
   www.tmt-tech.com

Research Institution

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Phase I

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Phase I year
2002
Phase I Amount
$100,000
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. The commercial potential of this project will be more precise dental restorations costing less. In 1999 this market was estimated to be about $2.5 billion with an expected annual growth between 10-15 percent.

Phase II

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase II year
2003
Phase II Amount
$521,012
This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II project will develop and optimize the Rapid Freeze Prototyping (RFP) technology, producing ice patterns used in investment casting to fabricate dental castings for crowns, bridges, implant-retailed restorations and other prostheses, as well as to integrate the developed RFP technology with commercial digital imaging and computer-aided design technologies into an Internet CAD/CAM dental restoration system.