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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Shofu, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61C 19/05 (2006.01); A61C 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 19/05 (2013.01); A61C 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 19/3437 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); A61C 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An occlusal wear evaluation apparatus capable of quantitatively evaluating an occlusal wear of a used denture reads three dimensional data of the denture before use and three dimensional data of the denture after use. The apparatus calculates a difference in a set value of an articulator allowing a maxillary dental arch and a mandibular dental arch of the denture to occlude between the denture before use and the denture after use, by way of simulating movements of a jaw in the articulator with the three dimensional data of the denture before use and the three dimensional data of the denture after use, and indicates the calculated difference.