Patent ID: 8556626
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: A61B,A61C

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: fixing a top pantograph to a patient via clutches to the top teeth of the patient; fixing a bottom pantograph to a patient via clutches to the bottom teeth of the patient; optically monitoring the actual bite of the patient by monitoring the relation of the top pantograph to the bottom pantograph during a bite cycle; storing bite data relating to the actual bite; storing patient data including a three-dimensional model including a top teeth model and a bottom teeth model; storing a digital top pantograph model associated with the top pantograph; storing a digital bottom pantograph model associated with the bottom pantograph; digitally pairing the bite data, the top pantograph model and the bottom pantograph model to the patient data; and digitally modeling the bite by digitally moving the top teeth model with respect to the bottom teeth model in association with the stored bite data.