Abstract: A method that includes acquiring a reference 3D model of a patient's jaw; after implementing a modification to an area of interest of the patient's jaw, acquiring an intraoral scan of the area of interest to generate an after-treatment 3D model; and unifying the reference 3D model with the after-treatment 3D model using a blending by distance operation performed on transition areas of the reference 3D model and the after-treatment 3D model.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of metal artefact reduction in x-ray dental volume tomography, the method comprising: a step (S1) of obtaining two-dimensional x-ray images (1) or a sinogram (2) of at least part (v) of a patient jaw (3a), acquired through relatively rotating an x-ray source (4) and a detector (5) around the patient jaw (3a); the method being characterized by further comprising: a step (S2) of detecting metal objects (6) in the two-dimensional x-ray images (1) or the sinogram (2) by using at least a trained artificial intelligence algorithm to generate 2D masks (7) which represent the metal objects (6) in the two-dimensional x-ray images (1) or 3D masks which represent the metal objects (6) in the sinogram (2), respectively; and a step (S4; S5) of reconstructing a three dimensional tomographic image (8) respectively based on two-dimensional x-ray images (1) or the sinogram (2) and the 2D masks (7) or the 3D masks as generated.

Abstract: An aspect includes examining a dental defect in an oral cavity, performing a minimally invasive procedure to detect or remove a portion of the dental defect, scanning the oral cavity including a residual tooth substance remaining after the performing, to obtain an intraoral scan, computing one or more parameters of the dental defect or residual tooth substance, and generating a number of treatment plans for one or more restoration materials based on a triangulation of the dental defect and an enforcement of constraints of the one or more restoration materials. Each treatment plan includes a geometry of a restoration option, and an optimal restoration option is selected from the plurality of treatment plans.

Abstract: In the method for producing medical, in particular dental fitting bodies with a specified or custom three-dimensionally curved outer contour or preform of the fitting body with a rough outer contour, which has an allowance relative to the outer contour, a workpiece from which the fitting body or its preform is produced, is machined in a material-removing manner by means of a tool engaging in the workpiece The tool path has directional components transverse to the run of the contour to be produced and the cutting edges have a defined geometry. The tool engages into the workpiece at a cutting arc angle alpha of the circumferential surface of less than 90° on average and at an insertion depth of at least twice the tool diameter (D) and the machining of the workpiece occurs along a tool path with directional components contrary to a machining direction following the outer contour.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dental device for delivering fluid continuously while activated in an endodontic application. The dental device includes a hollow needle having a tip end and a connector portion; and a handle. One end of the handle is configured to be affixed to the connector portion of the hollow needle. The opposite end of the handle is capable of being attached to an endodontic handpiece or a sonic agitator for the activation. The connector portion includes at least one tube connector that is an integral part of the connector portion of the hollow needle or a plurality of openings on the connector portion to accommodate the hollow needle to a connector. The connector is a modular fluid delivery connector which is removable from the needle such that it can be reused.

Abstract: An aspect includes generating a high-resolution surface scan of an intraoral cavity, including sampling a surface of the intraoral cavity by capturing a number of single images of the surface with a scanner, detecting a bandwidth of a transmission, reducing a resolution of one or more single images on detecting that the bandwidth is lower than a threshold, by converting the single images into corresponding low-resolution frames and residual frames, transmitting the corresponding low-resolution frames, sequentially stitching, at a first time period, the low-resolution frames to continue the surface scan to generate a stitched model, and selectively replacing, at a second time period, low-resolution frames with the corresponding residual frames within the stitched model. A high-resolution surface scan of the intraoral cavity is then generated.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided that use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess aspects of periodontal health of an individual. MRI data is obtained from a scan of an oral area of the individual. Analyzed MRI data is generated from the MRI data, wherein anatomical structures, anatomical abnormalities, and transition areas between anatomical structures/abnormalities are identified in the analyzed MRI data. Assessments relating periodontal health are made based on the analyzed MRI data. The assessments may be determinations of depths of dental pockets, inflammation of gum tissue, and/or distances that teeth are embedded in the bone. Assessment criticality scores may be determined from the assessments. The assessments, assessment criticality scores, and images rendered from the MRI data may be displayed on a display device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a dental treatment system for locating the apex of a tooth of a patient, including: a lip clip having a first electrode attachable to the lip of the patient; a motorized handheld dental device having a housing which includes: a rotating hub; a second electrode connected to the rotating hub; and an illuminating means which is adapted to emit visible light and mounted into the housing; an electrical measurement unit which is connectable to both the lip clip and the motorized handheld dental device, and adapted to locate the apex of the tooth based on a measurement of the electrical impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an optical output unit adapted to output a signal indicative of the located apex. The signal changes the illumination state of illuminating means in accordance with the distance of the endodontic file to the apex.

Abstract: A system for managing a dental aligner treatment of a patient may include an acquisition device configured to acquire magnetic resonance (MR) data of a maxillofacial region of the patient, and impression data of at least some of the teeth of the patient. The system may also include a computing device configured to analyze the MR data and determine a condition of the maxillofacial region of the patient.

Abstract: Described herein is a dental composition containing a polymerizable compound having at least one optionally derivatized ?-hydroxy urethane unit. The polymerizable compound having at least one optionally derivatized ?-hydroxy urethane unit is obtained without use of organo-metal catalysts and isocyanates and by a reaction between an at least one component A having at least one cyclic carbonate group with an at least one component B having at least one of primary amine functional group and secondary amine functional group. The present disclosure relates to use of the polymerizable compound having at least one optionally derivatized ?-hydroxy urethane unit for the preparation of a dental composition, in particular a dental composite, a glass ionomer, a dental cement, a dental sealant, and a dental adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive manufacturing apparatus for additively manufacturing a component, including: a resin vat unit which includes: a reservoir for storing UV light photocurable resin; and a UV-transparent window at the bottom of the reservoir, the UV-transparent window includes a UV-transparent plate and a UV-transparent anti-adhesive flexible foil; a projection unit for projecting UV light through the UV-transparent window into the reservoir; a movable building platform having a surface onto which the component can be formed through layerwise curing of said resin. The UV-transparent window further includes: an optical means which is adapted to diffuse the projected UV light towards the building platform into a region (R) where the UV light photocurable resin is to be layerwise cured, the optical means is arranged in the light path of the projected UV light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive manufacturing apparatus for additively manufacturing a component including: a resin vat unit which includes: a reservoir for storing UV-light photocurable resin; and a frame assembly holding a UV-transparent window at the bottom of the reservoir, said UV-transparent window includes a UV-transparent plate and a UV-transparent anti-adhesive flexible foil; a projection unit for projecting UV-light through the UV-transparent window into the reservoir; and a movable building platform having a surface onto which said component can be formed through layerwise curing of said resin. The UV-transparent window further includes a removable frame-like spacer foil which has a predetermined thickness and can be removably mounted by means of the frame assembly between the UV-transparent plate and the UV-transparent anti-adhesive flexible foil in order to create a plate-foil air gap; and at least one air hole for communicating said plate-foil air gap with the atmosphere.

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for processing a digital dental impression comprising: displaying an image of the digital dental impression; wherein the image comprises: a shaded region representative of a part of the oral anatomy which is relevant for a dental procedure, and the shaded region being enclosed within a boundary; and an unshaded region representative of a part of the oral anatomy which is not relevant for a dental procedure, wherein the unshaded region and the shaded region are separated from each another by the boundary, receiving user input for altering the shaded region and/or unshaded region; detecting completion of a stroke generated by the user input; altering, the shaded region and/or the unshaded region, in response to the stroke completion. The present teachings also relate to a method for processing digital three-dimensional shapes, a dental procedure assisting system, uses and computer software products.

Abstract: Light is projected from a light source in a first direction towards a tooth. The light source generates at least infrared light in the wavelength range of 950 nm to 2500 nm. A colloidal quantum dot (CQD) sensor records one or more surface light distribution images produced at the surface of the tooth by the projected light and the one or more surface light distribution images are used to compute a defect condition of the tooth.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses for detecting defects on at least one tooth in the dentin or tooth enamel area that include providing an intra-oral camera that includes a confined light injector; projecting a spatially confined light in a first direction via the confined light injector at an illumination point of the at least one tooth; recording, by an image sensor, one or more surface light distribution images received via captured light that is backscattered from the tooth; and computing, by a tooth defect detection module, a defect condition of the at least one tooth by classifying the one or more surface light distribution images based on computation of light distribution differences in the one or more surface light distribution images caused by defective tooth material.

Abstract: A device for separating a deep-drawn jaw-spanning dental apparatus such as an aligner or a bite splint of thermoform film that includes: a separating element for thermally separating the deep-drawn thermoform film and simultaneously refining the separated deep-drawn thermoform film; a heating means for regulating the heating of the separating element so as to increase the temperature of the thermoform film substantially to at least its glass temperature; a support for supporting the deep-drawn thermoform film relatively movable with respect to the separating element; a moving mechanism for moving the separating element along a separation contour of the deep-drawn jaw-spanning dental apparatus relative to the support; and a control unit adapted to control the heating means and the moving mechanism based on the separation contour.

Abstract: A 3D printer comprising a resin vat, a component carrier, a transport box for depositing the component carrier, a transport device for removing the component carrier from the transport box and transporting it into the resin vat, and for moving the component carrier downward and upward in the resin vat The transport device has translatory axes in the vertical and horizontal directions, each of which can be driven independently by a motor, the transport device having a locking device that detachably connects the component carrier. The locking device, during the downward movement along the vertical translatory axis, reaches a specific position (P) by the drive of the respective motor, at which a stop located on the vertical translatory axis sets a coupling element in motion. A spring-loaded locking pin arranged in contact with the coupling element is immersed in a bayonet opening of the component carrier by the movement.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a curable dental two-pack composition comprising: (a) a first paste comprising (a-1) one or more crosslinker having at least four primary amino groups; and (b) a second paste comprising (b-1) one or more compounds polymerizable with a crosslinker of the first paste in a step-growth polymerization reaction; wherein (b-1) the compound polymerizable with the crosslinker compounds is a compound of the following formula (II): wherein A is a hydrocarbon group which may contain one or more hetero atoms selected from oxygen and sulfur atoms; R1 is as defined in claim 1; R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independent from each other and represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and the Y, which are independent from each other represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond or a urethane bond.

Abstract: The invention relates to a blank for the production of a molded body, in particular a dental reconstruction. The blank has a base and at least one region that emanates therefrom and projects above the base, from which at least a part of the molded body can be derived by working.

Abstract: A 3D X-ray device including an X-ray detector, an X-ray source and a computer. The X-ray detector and the X-ray source are moved about an object volume to be recorded on movement paths with a rotation of at least 185°. A number of X-ray projection images are recorded from different directions. X-rays irradiate the object volume in one of the irradiation directions and are captured by the detector. A 3D X-ray image of the object volume is calculated from the recorded X-ray projection images by a reconstruction method. The X-ray detector is arranged asymmetrically relative to a central axis through a center of rotation of the 3D X-ray device. A first fan beam and an opposite second fan beam rotated 180° form an overlap region. At least one X-ray filter is placed between the X-ray source and the object volume for attenuating an X-ray dose inside the overlap region.