Abstract:
The present invention relates to tools in a system for the design of customized three- dimensional models of dental restorations for subsequent manufacturing. Dental restorations such as implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-ups, bridge frameworks,. Moreover, the invention relates to a computer-readable medium for implementing such a system on a computer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to adaptive 3D scanning wherein a scan sequence for obtaining full geometrical coverage of a physical object are created automatically and specifically for the physical object, by using a method and a system for producing a 3D computer model of a physical object, wherein the method comprises the following steps providing a scanner system, said scanner system comprising a scanner, and a computer connectable to and/or integrated in said scanner, said computer comprising a virtual model of said scanner, entering shape information of the physical object into the computer, creating in said computer a visibility function based on said virtual model and the shape information, said visibility function being capable of evaluating the coverage of areas of interest of the physical object by at least one predetermined scan sequence, establishing at least one scan sequence based on the evaluation of the visibility function, performing a scan of the physical object using said at least one scan sequence, and obtaining a 3D computer model of the physical object.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for visualising a 3D dental restoration on a 2D image of the mouth of a patient, wherein the method comprises obtaining a 3D dental model of at least a part of the patient's oral cavity, designing the 3D dental restoration, obtaining the 2D image of the mouth of the patient, estimating a virtual camera comprising at least one virtual camera property corresponding to at least one physical camera property of the physical camera used to obtain the 2D image, viewing the 3D dental restoration using the virtual camera, determining the visible area of the 3D dental restoration, which is not overlapped by surrounding anatomic features when viewed with the virtual camera, imaging the visible area of the 3D dental restoration with the 2D image. This advantageously provides an image which with high accuracy gives the dentist and the patient a visual presentation of the final result of a dental treatment.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of designing a dental restoration (1140) for a patient, wherein the method comprises: -providing one or more 2D images (1101), where at least one 2D image (1101) comprises at least one facial feature (1103); -providing a 3D virtual model (1102) of at least part of the patient's oral cavity; -arranging at least one of the one or more 2D images (1101) relative to the 3D virtual model (1102) in a virtual 3D space such that the 2D image (1101) and the 3D virtual model (1102) are aligned when viewed from a viewpoint, whereby the 3D virtual model (1102) and the 2D image (1101) are both visualized in the 3D space; and -modeling a restoration (1140) on the 3D virtual model (1102), where the restoration is designed to fit the facial feature (1103) of the at least one 2D image (1101).
Abstract:
Disclosed is an object feeder system configured for arrangement in a three dimensional scanner, the system comprising: an object feeder scanning plate assembly comprising a number of tracks, wherein each track adapted to hold at least one object holder, wherein said tracks are configured to extend within the plate assembly from a parking area towards a scanning area, and where each object holder is configured for retaining an object to be scanned in the scanner for obtaining a three dimensional representation of the object, and wherein the object feeder system further comprises means for moving the at least one object holder in the at least one track.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a system and a computer-implemented method of designing and/or manufacturing a post and core to match a bore of a tooth, said method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining at least one impression of a set of teeth comprising a bore; b) scanning the impression of the set of teeth comprising the bore; c) providing a three-dimensional scan representation of the impression comprising the bore; d) transforming the three-dimensional scan representation to a three- dimensional positive working model of the set of teeth and the bore; and e) designing a post and core model from the positive working model of the bore. The invention relates in particular to CAD/CAM design and/or manufacture of post and core.
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method, a system, and computer readable medium for generating a digital dental workflow. The method includes: receiving a first workflow action selected from a plurality of workflow actions, the first workflow action including an action input; generating an action output at least partly based on the action input of the first workflow action; suggesting at least a second workflow action and a third workflow action from the plurality of workflow actions based on the action output generated by the first workflow action, wherein at least a part of the action output of the first workflow action at least partly represents an action input for each of the at least the second workflow action and the third workflow action; and generating the digital dental workflow upon a selection of the at least the second workflow action or the third workflow action.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method, a user interface and a system for use in determining shade of a patient's tooth, wherein a digital 3D representation comprising shape data and texture data for the tooth is obtained. A tooth shade value for at least one point on the tooth is determined based on the texture data of the corresponding point of the digital 3D representation and on known texture values of one or more reference tooth shade values.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for designing at least one telescopic double crown for a patient comprising an internal crown and an external crown, where the internal crown is defined as a primary part and the external crown is defined as a secondary removable part, wherein the method comprises the steps of: -providing a 3D scan of the patients teeth; -virtually designing the primary part; -virtually designing the secondary part; and - automatically generating the external surface of the primary part and the internal surface of the secondary part to have matching shapes, where at least a region of the external surface of the primary part and the corresponding region of the internal surface of the secondary part are substantially straight having the same well-defined angle.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of designing a number of dental restorations for a patient, wherein the method comprises: - selecting a composed set of teeth (501) comprising a number of teeth, where the number of teeth are arranged spatially relative to each other forming a high aesthetic composition; -applying the composed set of teeth (501) to a virtual three dimensional representation of the patient's present oral situation (502) to obtain an initial set of teeth (503); -optionally modifying one or more parameters of one or more of the teeth in the initial set of teeth 503) to obtain a finalized set of teeth.