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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Sirona Dental Systems Gmbh, Bensheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc., York, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/145 (2013.01); A61B 6/14 (2013.01); A61B 6/40 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to an orthodontic diagnostic method wherein at least one initial two-dimensional X-ray image () of a first zone () of a head () is taken. Then at least one three-dimensional X-ray image () of a second zone () of a dental situation is taken, and the three-dimensional X-ray image () is combined with the initial two-dimensional X-ray image () using a registration process in order to obtain a full image ().