Digital dental model with measurement features
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsLeon Rasovsky, Avi Kopelman, Nir Makmel
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Abstract
A method comprises receiving a digital file comprising a design model representative of an upper human jaw or a lower human jaw and generating at least one measurement element on the design model. The method further comprises updating the digital file comprising the design model with the at least one measurement element, wherein the digital file comprises a set of instructions to be executed by a three-dimensional (3D) printer to fabricate a dental model with the at least one measurement element based on the design model, wherein the at least one measurement element is measurable to perform a quality assessment of the dental model.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a digital file comprising a design model representative of an upper human jaw or a lower human jaw;
- generating at least one measurement element on the design model;
- and
- updating the digital file comprising the design model with the at least one measurement element, wherein the digital file comprises a set of instructions to be executed by a three-dimensional (3D) printer to fabricate a dental model with the at least one measurement element based on the design model, wherein the at least one measurement element is measurable to perform a quality assessment of the dental model.
A computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
- generating, by the processor, a design model representative of an upper human jaw or a lower human jaw;
- determining at least one measurement element to be added to the design model;
- determining a placement of the at least one measurement element on the design model;
- updating the design model to include the at least one measurement element at the determined placement on the design model;
- and
- generating a digital file comprising the design model with the at least one measurement element, wherein the digital file comprises a set of instructions to be executed by a three-dimensional (3D) printer to fabricate a dental model with the at least one measurement element based on the design model, wherein the at least one measurement element is measurable to perform a quality assessment of the dental model.
A system comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device, to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a digital file comprising a design model representative of an upper human jaw or a lower human jaw;
- generating at least one measurement element on the design model;
- and
- updating the digital file comprising the design model with the at least one measurement element, wherein the digital file comprises a set of instructions to be executed by a three-dimensional (3D) printer to fabricate a dental model with the at least one measurement element based on the design model, wherein the at least one measurement element is measurable to perform a quality assessment of the dental model.
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