Intraoral Occlusion Measurement and Registration
AssigneeOptimet, Optical Metrology Ltd.
InventorsYitzhak Daniel, Karol Sanilevici, Michael Doherty, Alex Entelis
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for registration of digital images of a plurality of dental surfaces of a patient. Multiple dental surfaces are separately scanned and digitized, where each of the surfaces has at least one marked area. All marked areas are optically acquired, creating digitized images of the plurality of dental surfaces, which are then registered in a common reference frame on the basis of a specified marked areas. In some cases, a first dental surface is disposed on an upper dental arch and a second dental surface is disposed on a lower dental arch. Marked contact areas may be indicative of local occlusion pressure.
Claims11
A method for registration of digital images of a plurality of dental surfaces of a patient, the method comprising:
- a. separately scanning and digitizing a plurality of dental surfaces of the patient, each of the dental surfaces including at least one marked area;
- b. optically acquiring each marked area for generating a digitized image;
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- c. registering all the digitized images of the plurality of dental surfaces in a common reference frame on the basis a specified marked area.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for use on a computer system for extracting occlusion data from digital scanning data, the non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-readable program code thereon, the computer-readable program code comprising:
- a. a computer code module for digitizing each of upper and lower dental arches of a patient;
- b. a computer code module for registering digitized images of the upper and lower dental arches in a common reference frame on the basis of digitized marked contact areas between the dental arches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.