Integrated Dental Laser and Intraoral Camera for Future Bite Estimation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional dental prostheses creation methods are costly, time-consuming, and inefficient, and computer-aided dentistry requires additional equipment and slows down the workflow.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for estimating future bite arrangement using oral image analysis, incorporating a scheduling system, sensors, and computing devices to detect and aggregate oral images, and a laser system for dental treatment with concurrent image generation and remote oversight.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional physical dental impressions and computer-aided dentistry methods are used, then dental prosthesis creation can be achieved, but the process becomes costly, time-consuming, and requires additional equipment that slows workflow
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the need for physical dental impressions and separate computer-aided equipment by integrating imaging and treatment functions into a single dental laser system. The intraoral camera and laser device are combined, allowing digital imaging to replace traditional physical impressions while removing the need for external CAD equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the imaging system (intraoral camera), treatment system (dental laser), and processing system (image processor) into an integrated device. This combination allows simultaneous capture of dental images and delivery of treatment, eliminating the sequential process of separate impression-taking and computer-aided analysis that previously slowed workflow.
2Reliability
If computer-aided dentistry equipment is added, then technological improvements are achieved, but additional equipment requirements and slower workflow result
Solution Approach 1:
The dental laser system is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as an imaging device (with integrated intraoral camera) and a treatment device (laser delivery). This universal device replaces multiple separate pieces of equipment including traditional imaging devices, CAD systems, and laser treatments, thereby reducing overall equipment complexity while maintaining treatment effectiveness.
3Ease of manufacture
If physical dental impressions and traditional methods are used, then dental procedures can be performed, but high costs and inefficiency occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of taking physical dental impressions with a digital imaging system integrated into the laser device. The intraoral camera captures optical images that are processed by an image processor, eliminating the need for physical impression materials, trays, and subsequent laboratory processing, thereby simplifying the procedure and improving efficiency.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances dental treatment efficiency by providing accurate future bite arrangement estimation and remote oversight, reducing costs and time, while enabling concurrent image analysis and treatment.
Implementation Method 1
a laser configured to generate a laser beam as a function of a laser parameter, a beam delivery system configured to deliver the laser beam from the laser
Implementation Method 2
a sensor configured to detect a dental parameter as a function of a dental phenomenon... the sensor comprises a camera and the dental parameter comprises an image of oral tissue
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AI summary
Some aspects relate to systems and methods for estimating a trend associated with dental tissue. An exemplary system may include a sensor configured to periodically detect a plurality of oral images representing a plurality of exposed tooth surfaces and a computing device configured to receive the plurality of oral images from the sensor, aggregate a first aggregated oral image as a function of a first plurality of oral images detected at a first time, aggregate a second aggregated oral image as a function of a second plurality of oral images detected at a second time, and estimate a trend as a function of the first aggregated oral image and the second aggregated oral image