System and method for facilitating automated dental measurements and diagnostics
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1. A computer-implemented method for automated dental measurements, comprising:
- acquiring a digital model of a patient'"'"'s teeth;
automatically detecting reference data or features based on the digital model; and
automatically computing dental measurements based on said reference data or features;
wherein the dental measurements are associated with an occlusal characteristic of the patient.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, acquiring a digital model of a patient'"'"'s teeth, automatically detecting reference data or features based on the digital model, and automatically computing dental measurements based on said reference data or features, where the dental measurements are associated with an occlusal characteristic of the patient are disclosed.
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1. A computer-implemented method for automated dental measurements, comprising:
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acquiring a digital model of a patient'"'"'s teeth;
automatically detecting reference data or features based on the digital model; and
automatically computing dental measurements based on said reference data or features;
wherein the dental measurements are associated with an occlusal characteristic of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for performing automated dental measurements, comprising:
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one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory configured for storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to acquire a digital model of the patient'"'"'s teeth, automatically detect reference data or features based on said digital model, and automatically compute dental measurements based on said reference data or features, wherein the dental measurements are associated with an occlusal characteristic of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. One or more storage devices having processor readable code embodied thereon, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method for automated dental measurements, the method comprising:
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acquiring a digital model of a patient'"'"'s teeth;
automatically detecting reference data or features based on the digital model; and
automatically computing dental measurements based on said reference data or features, wherein the dental measurements are associated with an occlusal characteristic of the patient.
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