Occlusion estimation in dental prosthesis design

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PATENT NO 9226806
APP PUB NO 20120072177A1
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12884669

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Herein are provided methods, systems, computer-readable media, techniques and processes for occlusion estimation in dental prosthesis design. These include determining a first contact point between antagonist teeth, then simulating motion in order to determine additional contact points. Various of the determined contact points may not be used in the simulated motion, based on the simulated physics. When one or more predetermined stopping criteria have been met, then the contact points may be used to define the relative occlusal positions of antagonists. In some embodiments, sets of teeth in a bridge or crown, e.g., may be simulated as moving separately and a new state for each set of teeth may be determined.

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NOBEL BIOCARE CANADA INC111 5TH AVENUE SW SUITE 3100 CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 5L3

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Giasson, David Quebec, CA 10 148
Hang, Bin (Saint-Nicolas), Lévis, CA 3 35
Manai, Myriam Quebec, CA 4 42

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