Dental tray containing radiopaque materials
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1. A method of creating a digital model of a patient'"'"'s teeth, comprising:
- taking an impression of the patient'"'"'s teeth using a dental impression system configured to improve the quality of scanned data from a dental impression, the system including an impression material and a dental tray adapted to hold the impression material, the dental tray made of a tray material, each of the impression and tray material having a respective radiopacity, at least one of the materials being formulated with a radiopaque agent such that the respective radiopacities of the materials approximately match each other;
scanning the impression and the dental tray using a radiographic source; and
generating the digital model with scanned data.
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Abstract
A method to create a digital model of a patient'"'"'s teeth includes taking an impression of the patient'"'"'s teeth using a radiopaque dental tray; scanning the impression and the dental tray using a dental tray containing a radiopaque agent; scanning the impression and the dental tray using a radiographic source; and generating the digital model with scanned data.
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1. A method of creating a digital model of a patient'"'"'s teeth, comprising:
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taking an impression of the patient'"'"'s teeth using a dental impression system configured to improve the quality of scanned data from a dental impression, the system including an impression material and a dental tray adapted to hold the impression material, the dental tray made of a tray material, each of the impression and tray material having a respective radiopacity, at least one of the materials being formulated with a radiopaque agent such that the respective radiopacities of the materials approximately match each other; scanning the impression and the dental tray using a radiographic source; and generating the digital model with scanned data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system to create a digital model of a patient'"'"'s teeth from scanned data of improved quality, comprising:
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a number of impression materials; a dental tray adapted to hold the number of impression materials, the dental tray made of a tray material, each of the impression and tray materials having a respective radiopacity, at least one of the materials being formulated with a radiopaque agent such that the respective radiopacities of the materials approximately match each other; a radiation source; a scintillator to receive the radiation from the radiation source; a radiation detector coupled to the scintillator; a rotatable table positioned between the radiation source and the scintillator, the table being adapted to support the dental tray with the impression of the patient'"'"'s teeth; and a computer coupled to the detector to generate the digital model with scanned data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. A method of improving the quality of scanned data from a dental impression made with a dental impression material in a dental tray, the tray made of a material, the method comprising formulating at least one of the dental impression material and the dental tray material with a radiopaque agent such that the respective radiopacities of the impression and tray materials approximately match each other.
- 30. A dental impression system configured to improve the quality of scanned data from a dental impression, the system comprising a dental impression material and a dental tray, the tray made of a material, each of the impression and tray materials having a respective radiopacity, at least one of the materials being formulated with a radiopaque agent such that the respective radiopacities of the materials approximately match each other.
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