Manipulating a digital dentition model to form models of individual dentition components
US6409504B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61C2007/004
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A programmed computer is used to create a digital model of an individual component of a patient's dentition. The computer obtains a 3D digital model of the patient's dentition, identifies points in the dentition model that lie on an inter-proximal margin between adjacent teeth in the patient's dentition, and uses the identified points to create a cutting surface that separates portions of the dentition model representing the adjacent teeth.
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