TEMPORAL MANDIBLE DATA CAPTURE ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION
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Abstract
Approaches presented herein enable performing an oral health diagnosis of a user using an oral monitoring device fixed in the oral cavity. Specifically, an oral monitoring device collects jaw movement data as a user goes about daily living. An oral healthcare analysis is performed comparing current measurement data against abnormality classifications to identify abnormal jaw movement. If an abnormality is identified, an oral healthcare professional can be notified.
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8. An oral monitoring system for identifying at least one jaw abnormality of a user, the system comprising:
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an oral monitoring device having an outer housing, the outer housing being affixed within an oral cavity of the user; a set of sensors located in the oral monitoring device that collects jaw movement data of the user; a network adapter located in the oral monitoring device that forwards the jaw movement data of the user to an diagnosis computer system that performs a diagnostic that compares the jaw movement data with a set of abnormality classifications in a database and identifies a jaw abnormality of the user based on the diagnostic. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-program product for identifying at least one jaw abnormality of a user, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device, and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage device, to:
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receive jaw movement data for the user over a period of time from an oral monitoring device affixed within the oral cavity of the user; retrieve a set of abnormality classifications from a database; perform a diagnostic of the jaw movement data by comparing the jaw movement data and the set of abnormality classifications to assess an abnormality in jaw movement; and identify a jaw abnormality of the user based on the diagnostic. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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