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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2004
Duane Milford Durbin, San Diego, CA (US);
Dennis Arthur Durbin, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Duane Milford Durbin, San Diego, CA (US);
Dennis Arthur Durbin, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Systems and methods for imaging a dental occlusal registration impression; developing a digital 3D surface contour model of the occlusal registration impression from the image data; electronically transferring the data representing the digital 3D surface contour model of the occlusal registration impression; fabricating a physical replicate of the occlusal registration impression; correlating features on upper and lower jaw dental models with features on the replicate occlusal registration impression model; and determining occlusal alignment of the upper and lower jaw dental models using the replicate occlusal registration impression model.