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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Ulf Willers, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Inventor:
Ulf Willers, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Assignee:
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 13/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention concerns a device () for editing a virtual 3-D model () of teeth () positioned in a dental arch () by means of a virtual tool (). The tool () can be used on a first tooth () of the 3-D model (), whereby the corresponding application is carried out on a second mirrored tooth (), contralateral to the first tooth with respect to a plane of symmetry (), that is, on the tooth on the other side of the plane of symmetry (), which is positioned as a mirror image of the first tooth () with respect to the plane of symmetry ().