System and method for assessing dental preparation including scan adapter therefor

A method of assessing a dental preparation of at least one tooth of a dental training model, the method comprising:

• scanning the dental preparation to produce a preparation object file defining three dimensional surfaces of said at least one tooth;
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• using an assessment system comprising a processor and a memory storing programming instructions thereon arranged to be executed by the processor so as to be configured to:
• process the preparation object file to determine an identity of said at least one tooth of the dental training model within the preparation object file;
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• calculate a grading report of the dental preparation of the at least one tooth by comparison to a reference object file defining three dimensional surfaces of at least one reference tooth stored on the assessment system in association with the identity of said at least one tooth;
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• receiving the grading report from the assessment system.

An assessment system for assessing a dental preparation of at least one tooth of a dental training model, the system comprising:

• a processor and a memory storing programming instructions thereon arranged to be executed by the processor so as to be configured to:
• acquire a preparation object file defining three-dimensional surfaces of said at least one tooth;
• determine an identity of said at least one tooth of the dental training model within the preparation object file;
• and
• calculate a grading report of the dental preparation of the at least one tooth by comparison to a reference object file defining three-dimensional surfaces of at least one reference tooth stored on the assessment system in association with the identity of said at least one tooth.