Registering shape data extracted from intra-oral imagery to digital reconstruction of teeth for determining position and orientation of roots
AssigneeOrmco Corporation
InventorsCraig A. ANDREIKO, Robert F. DILLON, Bradley S. CARLSON, Vicente A. REYNAL
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Abstract
Provided are a system, method, and computer readable storage medium for using a digital reconstruction of a tooth, wherein the digital reconstruction includes a crown and a root. An image of the crown of the tooth is acquired, subsequent to a movement of the tooth. The shape data of the crown is extracted from the image and registered to the digital reconstruction of the tooth.
Claims21
A method of using a digital reconstruction of a tooth, wherein the digital reconstruction includes a crown and a root, the method comprising:
- acquiring, an image of the crown of the tooth, subsequent to a movement of the tooth;
- and
- registering, via a processor, shape data of the crown extracted from the image to the digital reconstruction of the tooth.
A system for using a digital reconstruction of a tooth, wherein the digital reconstruction includes a crown and a root, the system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
- acquiring, an image of the crown of the tooth, subsequent to a movement of the tooth;
- and
- registering shape data of the crown extracted from the image to the digital reconstruction of the tooth.
A computer readable storage medium for using a digital reconstruction of a tooth, wherein code embodied in the computer readable storage medium when executed by a processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
- acquiring, an image of the crown of the tooth, subsequent to a movement of the tooth;
- and
- registering shape data of the crown extracted from the image to the digital reconstruction of the tooth.
A imaging system for using a digital reconstruction of a tooth, wherein the digital reconstruction includes a crown and a root, the imaging system comprising:
- an imaging sensor to acquire an image of the crown of the tooth, subsequent to a movement of the tooth;
- and
- a processor to register shape data of the crown extracted from the image to the digital reconstruction of the tooth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.