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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Applicant:
Hiroyoshi Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyoshi Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/00 (2006.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A contact cap is attached to a top cover of a camera of a dental tooth measuring apparatus, and when shooting, positioning of the tooth to be measured is performed with a bite section being slightly bitten by both of adjacent teeth sandwiching the tooth to be measured, and with keeping a state where the inside of the adjacent teeth is in contact with a camera side surface of a positioning convex section. Positioning of the tooth to be measured and the adjacent teeth with variation among individuals with respect to the camera can be performed more precisely.