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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Dan Uri Lior, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Sergei Azernikov, Irvine, CA (US);
Sergey Nikolskiy, Cota de Caza, CA (US);
Steven Edward Benson, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Shawn Andrews Ramirez, Santa Ana, CA (US);
James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer model of a physical object may be formed by registering multiple images of the physical object by using a registration process based on characteristic features of the physical object. Multiple images may be registered by aligning characteristic curves of the physical object that have been identified through imaging. A curve-based registration process may be used in dental applications to register multiple images of a patient's oral anatomy to form a computer 3D model from which a patient-specific dental restoration may be designed.