Evaluation of Maxillary Posterior Tooth Movement Using Digital Superimposition

February 23, 2024

Measuring Maxillary Posterior Tooth Movement: A Model Assessment using Palatal and Dental Superimposition

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Software-Model Preparation for Dental Superimposition and Tooth Crown Manipulation with Rhinoceros Software

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Superimposition of Software-Predicted and Post-Treatment Digital Dental Models with CloudCompare

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Dental Crown Segmentation Using Meshmixer

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Abdulraheem A. Alwafi², Scott Panther, Angela Lo, Edwin H. Yen, Bingshuang Zou

¹Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry,King Abdulaziz University, ²Department of Oral Health Science, Faculty of Dentistry,University of British Columbia

Summary

This manuscript presents a comprehensive protocol to evaluate the three-dimensional (3D) movement of maxillary posterior teeth with clear aligners using digital model superimposition, an invaluable tool in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics.