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US 2017/0303877 A1Published application
Orthodontic diagnostic method
AssigneeDENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
InventorsCiamak ABKAL, Kai LINDENBERG, Bjorn LUDWIG
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Abstract
The invention relates to an orthodontic diagnostic method wherein at least one initial two-dimensional X-ray image (1) of a first zone (2) of a head (3) is taken. Then at least one three-dimensional X-ray image (4) of a second zone (5) of a dental situation is taken, and the three-dimensional X-ray image (4) is combined with the initial two-dimensional X-ray image (1) using a registration process in order to obtain a full image (8).
Claims10
An orthodontic diagnostic method, the method comprising
- taking at least one initial two-dimensional x-ray image of a first zone of a head,
- then taking at least one three-dimensional x-ray image of a second zone of a dental situation, wherein the three-dimensional x-ray image is combined with the initial two-dimensional x-ray image by a registration method to form a complete image (8),
- wherein, for an ongoing diagnostic, multiple three-dimensional x-ray images of the second zone of the dental situation are taken in succession at regular time intervals,
- wherein the first zone of the head comprises the second zone of the dental situation,
- wherein the first zone of the head includes defined fixed points, the defined fixed point is a point at the base of the skull or a temporomandibular joint, and
- wherein the initial two-dimensional x-ray image is a lateral cephalometric image.
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