Digital dental examination and documentation
AssigneeuLab Systems, Inc.
InventorMichael I. Falkel
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing and storing acquired data relating to one or more dental conditions. The methods can include acquiring a first oral feature in a first data acquisition using a data acquisition device, determining a first oral feature first reference point from the first data acquisition, diagnosing a first dental condition upon confirming that the first oral feature first reference point is associated with the first dental condition, acquiring the first oral feature in a second data acquisition using the data acquisition device, determining a first oral feature second reference point from the second data acquisition, and tracking the progression of the first dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the first oral feature first and second reference points.
Claims20
A method of electronically diagnosing and tracking the progression of one or more dental conditions, the method comprising:
- acquiring a first oral feature at a first time using a data acquisition device;
- diagnosing, via a processor, a first dental condition based on the first oral feature;
- acquiring the first oral feature at a second time using the data acquisition device;
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- tracking the progression of the first dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the first oral feature at the first time and the first oral feature at the second time.
A method of electronically diagnosing and tracking the progression of one or more dental conditions, the method comprising:
- determining a dental condition first feature and a dental condition second feature, wherein determining the dental condition first and second features comprises processing first and second data sets, respectively, received from a data acquisition device;
- diagnosing the dental condition upon confirming that the dental condition first and/or second feature is associated with the dental condition;
- and
- tracking the progression of the dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the dental condition first and second features.
A dental condition diagnosis and tracking system comprising:
- a data acquisition device;
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- an examination unit, wherein the examination unit is configured to:
- process first and second data sets received from the data acquisition device to determine a dental condition first feature and a dental condition second feature, respectively;
- diagnose the dental condition upon confirming that the dental condition first and/or second feature is associated with the dental condition;
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- track the progression of the dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the dental condition first and second features.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.