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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2025
King Faisal University, Hofouf, SA;
Muhammad Adeel Ahmed, Hofouf, SA;
Rizwan Jouhar, Hofouf, SA;
KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY, Hofouf, SA;
Abstract
An apparatus for recommending whether to discard a dental file during use includes a processor, a plurality of laser profilometers oriented to direct their respective laser beams toward a first spatial region where a dental file is configured to travel along, a plurality of cameras oriented toward a second spatial region where the dental file is configured to travel along, at least one selected from the group consisting of a display screen and a speaker, and a non-transitory, tangible program storage medium, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for determining to discard the dental file. The method includes inserting the file in the apparatus to inspect the file with the cameras and the laser profilometers when the file is new and subsequently when the file has been used to determine whether the file should be discarded.