Photocured resin based attachment to jaw

A method for measuring changes in a pose of a human jaw within a coordinate system of a pose tracking system, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a configurable arm, the configurable arm comprising an anchor portion and at least one rigid target portion coupled to the anchor portion, a pose of the at least one rigid target portion being trackable by a tracking system when the at least one rigid target portion is compliant with operational conditions of the pose tracking system;
• (b) configuring the configurable arm such that the at least one rigid target portion is compliant with the operational conditions of the pose tracking system when a selected anchor region of a surface of the anchor portion is in close proximity to a selected attachment region of the human jaw, the selected attachment region of the human jaw comprising a surface of at least one of the human jaw and a structure rigidly coupled to the human jaw;
• (c) positioning the configurable arm such that the selected anchor region is in close proximity to the selected attachment region of the human jaw;
• (d) applying and curing a paste to rigidly couple the anchor region to the attachment region, the paste comprising a light-curable polymer;
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• (e) operating the pose tracking system to measure changes to the pose of the at least one rigid target portion when the configurable arm is rigidly coupled to the human jaw, the changes to the pose of the at least one rigid target portion being indicative of the changes in the pose of the human jaw.