Patent ID: 9226806
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A61C,G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for occlusion estimation in dental prosthesis design, comprising: determining, using one or more computer processors, based on an initial relative placement of a first 3D computer model of teeth and a second 3D computer model of teeth, a first contact point on the first 3D computer model of teeth that is closest to the second 3D computer model of teeth, wherein the first 3D computer model of teeth and the second 3D computer model of teeth represent occluding teeth; iteratively performing motion simulation of relative motion between the first 3D computer model of teeth and the second 3D computer model of teeth to estimate occlusion between the first 3D computer model of teeth and the second 3D computer model of teeth, said performing motion simulation comprising: