Tooth preparation instrument and system of its use

Details Tooth preparation instrument and system of its use Tooth preparation instrument and system of its use

2008-07-01

2008-07-01

O'Connor, Cary E. (Department: 3732)

Dentistry

Prosthodontics

Preliminary casting, model, or trial denture

C433S029000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10921827

ABSTRACT:
A dental computer analyzer including a housing to be placed over a tooth, a first camera mounted in the housing, a first transmission line connected to the first camera for transmitting signals from the first camera representative of an image of the tooth in the housing, a central processing unit connected to the first transmission line for receipt of the signals representative of the image of the tooth, a crown die, a second camera for capturing an image of the crown die, and a second transmission line connected to the second camera for transmitting signals from the second camera to the central processing unit representative of the image of the crown die. The central processing unit includes a comparator for comparing the image of the tooth and the image of the crown die. A monitor is connected to the central processing unit for viewing the images of the tooth and the crown die. The comparator feeds superimposed images of the tooth and the crown die to the monitor.

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