Temporal mandible data capture analysis and recommendation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEbony C. Adams, Ching-Yun Chao, Christian Compton, Jeremy R. Fox, Manjunath Ravi
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Abstract
Approaches presented herein enable performing an oral health diagnosis of a user using an oral monitoring device fixed in the oral cavity. Specifically, an oral monitoring device collects jaw movement data as a user goes about daily living. An oral healthcare analysis is performed comparing current measurement data against abnormality classifications to identify abnormal jaw movement. If an abnormality is identified, an oral healthcare professional can be notified.
Claims6
A computer-implemented method for identifying at least one jaw abnormality of a user comprising:
- collecting jaw movement data of the user over a period of time from an oral monitoring device affixed within the oral cavity of the user;
- retrieving a set of abnormality classifications from a database;
- performing a diagnostic of the jaw movement data by comparing the jaw movement data and the set of abnormality classifications to asses an abnormality in jaw movement;
- and,
- identifying a jaw abnormality of the user based on the diagnostic;
- comparing the identified jaw abnormality to similar abnormalities in jaw movements of a population of users similar to the user;
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- returning diagnosis and treatment recommendations within a specified confidence interval, weighted by effectiveness, based on treatments and success with the similar abnormalities in jaw movements of the population of users similar to the user.
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