Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of generating and modifying a virtual model of a set of teeth, where the method provides that a restoration can be inserted into a physical model of the set of teeth manufactured from the virtual model of the set of teeth.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a system and a method of scanning an object being modified comprising the steps of: - providing a first 3D representation of the object prior to modification, - obtaining at least a second 3D representation by scanning at least a modified part of the object after modification, - aligning said first and second 3D representations, and - replacing a first subset of the first 3D representation with data from the second 3D representation, said first subset substantially corresponding to the modified part, thereby updating the first 3D representation to represent the modified object. In particular the invention may be applied within the dental field.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a system comprising a handheld device (100) and at least one display (101), where the handheld device (100) is adapted for performing at least one action in a physical 3D environment. The actions include measuring, modifying, manipulating, recording, touching, sensing, scanning, moving, transforming, cutting, welding, chemically treating, cleaning. The display (101) is adapted for visually representing the physical 3D environment, and where the handheld device (100) is adapted for remotely controlling the view with which the 3D environment is represented on the display (101).
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method and a scanner system for scanning interior surfaces, where the method comprises: - providing a probe shaped scanner having an axis, where the probe shaped scanner comprises: • at least one light source configured to create and project structured light, and • at least one camera configured to record 2D images; - entering said probe shaped scanner into a cavity of an object, where said cavity is bounded by an interior surface of the object; - creating and projecting structured light from said light source of the probe producing a pattern on the interior surface of the object; - recording a series of 2D images of the reflection of the pattern from the interior surface using said camera; - combining said series of 2D images to obtain 3D real world coordinates of the interior surface; and - providing data and processing said data such that surface information for areas of the surface, where image scanning is not complete, is created. The scanner system may comprise a probe shaped scanner, a data conversion device and a data processing device, optionally all integrated in one device. (fig.15 should be published)
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for planning, visualizing, and/or optimizing dental restoration on at least a part of the pre-prepared teeth of a patient, wherein said method comprises the steps of : - providing at least one 3D digital model of at least a part of the pre-prepared teeth; - designing at least one dental restoration CAD model based on the 3D digital model of at least a part of the pre-prepared teeth; - providing at least one 3D digital model of at least a part of the prepared teeth, where the prepared teeth are provided by preparing the pre-prepared teeth by dental restorative work, at least partly based on the dental restoration CAD model; and - aligning the 3D models of the pre-prepared and the prepared teeth.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for obtaining an accurate three-dimensional model of a dental impression, said method comprising the steps of, scanning at least a part of an upper jaw impression and/or a lower jaw impression, obtaining an impression scan, evaluating the quality of the impression scan, and use the impression scan to obtain a three-dimensional model, thereby obtaining an accurate three-dimensional model of the dental impression.
Abstract:
The present invention is a system and method for creating a three-dimensional model of a surface comprising a light source 1.2 that projects a pattern of continuous line segments onto the surface, wherein each line segment is coded with a unique pattern along the line segment, a detector 1.3 that records an image of the surface with said projected pattern, and a computer for transforming said image to a three-dimensional model of the surface utilizing said projected pattern.
Abstract:
A computer implemented method for rendering digital three-dimensional dental models of a patient is disclosed. The method includes receiving, in a digital 3D space, a first digital 3D dental model comprising a first dental information of a patient; receiving, in the digital 3D space, a second digital 3D dental model comprising a second dental information of the patient, the second dental information being at least partly different from the first dental information; generating, in the digital 3D space, a superimposed model by superimposing one of the first digital 3D dental model or the second digital 3D dental model on another of the second digital 3D dental model or the first digital 3D dental model; and arranging, in the digital 3D space, a 2D controller and the superimposed model relative to each other such that a position of the 2D controller relative to a location of the superimposed model defines a boundary that demarcates the superimposed model between a first zone configured to render only at least a part of the first digital 3D dental model from the superimposed model and a second zone configured to render only at least a part of the second digital 3D dental model from the superimposed model.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for generating an edge curve to facilitate manufacture of at least a portion of a dental device is disclosed. The method includes identifying at least one tooth reference point for each of at least two teeth on a dental model; identifying at least one offset point corresponding to each of said at least one tooth reference points such that said at least one offset point is on a gingival surface of said dental model and located outside an interproximal area; and generating said edge curve by connecting the offset points such that the edge curve is outside the interproximal area and on the gingival surface.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment, a method for generating a digital three-dimensional model representing development in dental condition for a tooth is disclosed. The method includes obtaining, at different timepoints, a first digital 3D model of a patient's set of teeth including first texture data and a second digital 3D model of the patient's set of teeth including second texture data. The first digital 3D model including the first texture data and second digital 3D model including the second texture data are placed in a common texture space by uniformizing texture. Lastly, the digital three-dimensional model representing development in dental condition is generated based on a comparison of the first texture data and the second texture data of corresponding regions in the first digital 3D model and the second digital 3D model placed in the common texture space.