Patent ID: 6944262
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: A61B,A61C

Abstract:
1. A digital modeling system for creating dental or orthopedic models of patients, which system comprises: a computer including a digital memory storing patient densitometry information, an input and an output; a dental or orthopedic input device including an energy source and an energy sensor; said source and said sensor being placed with at least a portion of the patient's dental or orthopedic structure therebetween; said sensor transferring signals to the computer input; said signals representing densitometry of the patient's dental or orthopedic structure; said computer creating, storing and comparing three-dimensional digital densitometry models without the use of fiducial markers of patient dental or orthopedic structure; an output device connected to said computer output and communicating densitometry model comparison information; imaging software associated with said computer; and a display associated with said output device and displaying information pertaining to said densitometry model.