Arch form placement for dental restoration design
AssigneeJames R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
InventorsSergey Nikolskiy, Shawn Andrews Ramirez
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of designing a dental restoration at a display includes providing a virtual three dimensional representation of at least a portion of the patient's dental situation. The method includes displaying a library arch form in an alignment with the virtual three dimensional representation of the portion of the patient's dentition. The library arch form includes a pair of two virtual library teeth packing to each other. The method also includes in response to a parametric change of one of the two virtual library teeth, moving the other virtual library tooth to keep packing to the changed virtual library tooth.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method of designing a dental restoration at a display, the method comprising:
- providing a virtual three dimensional representation of at least a portion of a patient's dental situation;
- displaying a library arch form in an alignment with the virtual three dimensional representation, the library arch form comprising at least three virtual library teeth, including a second and a third virtual library teeth each packing to a first virtual library tooth;
- in response to a parametric change of the first virtual library tooth, moving the second virtual library tooth to keep packing to the changed first virtual library tooth;
- anchoring the third virtual library tooth to a fixed status;
- and
- in response to a parametric change of the second virtual library tooth, resizing the first virtual library tooth to keep packing to the second virtual library tooth,
- wherein the first virtual library tooth also keeps packing to the third virtual library tooth, and
- wherein a limit distance of packing is pre-defined by one selected from the group consisting of a dental restoration design program user and a dental restoration design program administrator.
A computer-implemented method of designing a dental restoration at a display, the method comprising:
- providing a virtual three dimensional representation of at least a portion of a patient's dental situation;
- displaying a library arch form in an alignment with the virtual three dimensional representation, the library arch form comprising at least two virtual library teeth, including a first virtual library tooth and a second virtual library tooth;
- in response to a parametric change of the first virtual library tooth, moving the second virtual library tooth to keep packing to the changed first virtual library tooth;
- wherein the library arch form also comprises a missing virtual library tooth with a gap between the first and second virtual library teeth and the two virtual library teeth both pack to the missing virtual library tooth with the gap, and the method further comprising:
- in response to a parametric change of any one of the first and second virtual library teeth, moving the missing virtual library tooth with the gap to keep packing to the both of the first and second virtual library teeth, and
- wherein a limit distance of packing is pre-defined by one selected from the group consisting of a dental restoration design program user and a dental restoration design program administrator.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable computer program instructions for designing a dental restoration at a display, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for:
- providing a virtual three dimensional representation of at least a portion of a patient's dental situation;
- displaying a library arch form in an alignment with the virtual three dimensional representation, the library arch form comprising at least three virtual library teeth, including a second and a third virtual library teeth each packing to a first virtual library tooth;
- in response to a parametric change of the first virtual library tooth, moving the second virtual library tooth to keep packing to the changed first virtual library tooth;
- anchoring the third virtual library tooth to a fixed status;
- and
- in response to a parametric change of the second virtual library tooth, resizing the first virtual library tooth to keep packing to the second virtual library tooth,
- wherein the first virtual library tooth also keeps packing to the third virtual library tooth, and
- wherein a limit distance of packing is pre-defined by one selected from the group consisting of a dental restoration design program user and a dental restoration design program administrator.
A system for designing a dental restoration at a display, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to perform steps comprising:
- providing a virtual three dimensional representation of at least a portion of a patient's dental situation;
- displaying a library arch form in an alignment with the virtual three dimensional representation, the library arch form comprising at least three virtual library teeth, including a second and a third virtual library teeth each packing to a first virtual library tooth;
- in response to a parametric change of the first virtual library tooth, moving the second virtual library tooth to keep packing to the changed first virtual library tooth;
- anchoring the third virtual library tooth to a fixed status;
- and
- in response to a parametric change of the second virtual library tooth, resizing the first virtual library tooth to keep packing to the second virtual library tooth,
- wherein the first virtual library tooth also keeps packing to the third virtual library tooth, and
- wherein a limit distance of packing is pre-defined by one selected from the group consisting of a dental restoration design program user and a dental restoration design program administrator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.