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Patent US7140877 - System and method for positioning teeth - Google Patents
A method to create a digital model of a patient's teeth includes creating an impression of the patient's teeth; and scanning the impression using an X-ray source to generate the digital model....http://www.google.com/patents/US7140877?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7140877 - System and method for positioning teeth
Publication number US7140877 B2
Also published as US6767208, US20030129565, US20040191719, US20070092850
Publication number 10820387, 820387, US 7140877 B2, US 7140877B2, US-B2-7140877, US7140877 B2, US7140877B2
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