US 12,295,809 B2
Dental procedures
Felix Kühnel-Sumann, Zürich (CH); Sascha Scandella, Zürich (CH); and Thomas Fitze, Zürich (CH)
Assigned to Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US)
Filed by DENTSPLY SIRONA INC., York, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,689.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038964 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61C 9/0046 (2013.01) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for processing a digital dental impression to form a dental object, the digital dental impression being representative of an oral anatomy, comprising:
providing, at a memory location, the digital dental impression;
displaying, via a display device, an image of the digital dental impression; wherein the image comprises:
a shaded region, the shaded region being representative of a part of the oral anatomy which is relevant for a dental procedure, and the shaded region being enclosed within a boundary; and
an unshaded region, the unshaded region being representative of a part of the oral anatomy which is not relevant for a dental procedure, wherein the unshaded region and the shaded region are separated from each another by the boundary,
receiving, via an input interface, a user input for altering the shaded region and/or unshaded region;
detecting, via a trigger logic, completion of a stroke generated by the user input;
altering, the shaded region and/or the unshaded region, in response to the stroke completion;
generating a processed digital dental impression based upon the digital dental impression, the processed digital dental impression including information of the altered shaded region and/or the altered unshaded region, and
a computer-aided manufacturing machine configured to manufacture using the processed digital dental impression, the dental object.