Patent ID: 9348973
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61C,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A method of facilitating matching of a first set of data and a second set of data, stored in a data storage, related to a region of interest in a craniofacial space, suitable for planning a dental restorative procedure, said method comprising (a) identifying at least a portion of a surface object in said first set of data retrieved from the data storage; (b) calculating, via a computing device, a first coordinate based on said surface object; (c) identifying at least a portion of a volume object concealed in an oral cavity in said second set of data retrieved from the data storage; (d) calculating, via a computing device, a second coordinate based on said volume object, the second coordinate including a point within the volume object; wherein said first and second coordinate have a pre-defined relationship to each other; and (e) outputting the first and second coordinates for planning the dental restorative procedure or for producing a product for use in the craniofacial space, wherein both said surface object and said volume object are affixed to or integral parts of a scanning structure, wherein the scanning structure is a dental impression tray or a radiographic guide, wherein the first set of data is provided by scanning the impression tray including a dental impression, or by scanning the radiographic guide, wherein the dental impression or radiographic guide comprises information about an outer topography of soft tissue in said region of interest.