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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2020
Applicants:
Patrick C. Bell, La Crosse, WI (US);
Leo J. Malin, La Crosse, WI (US);
Thomas J. Arendt, Norwalk, WI (US);
Inventors:
Patrick C. Bell, La Crosse, WI (US);
Leo J. Malin, La Crosse, WI (US);
Thomas J. Arendt, Norwalk, WI (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example dental scanning methods for analyzing jaws of a patient involve taking multiple radiographic scans of the jaws, and/or models thereof, and then applying digital image analytics to shift the image of one scan to match that of another. The resulting properly scaled and shifted image serves as a virtual 3D jaw model that can be manipulated and analyzed to aid in various orthodontic and other dental treatments.