Patent Document ID: 8348667
Application ID: 12714164
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for analyzing the bite of a patient, comprising: fixing a top pantograph to a patient via at top clutch to the top teeth of the patient, wherein the top pantograph includes a top bow, the clutches and a top optical sensor; fixing a bottom pantograph to a patient via a bottom clutch to the bottom teeth of the patient, wherein the bottom pantograph includes a bottom bow, the bottom clutch and a bottom optical sensor; optically monitoring , with the top optical sensor and the bottom optical sensor, a measured bite of the patient by monitoring the relation of the top pantograph to the bottom pantograph during a bite cycle; storing data, from the top optical sensor and the bottom optical sensor, relating to the measured bite; fitting the top pantograph and bottom pantograph to casts that are fixed to an automatically adjustable articulator; and replicating the measured bite by moving the automatically adjustable articulator and optically monitoring said movement to replicate the measured bite using feedback by comparing optical data relating to a replicated bite to the data relating to the measured bite.