Trick & Tips: Movement

In this post we show you the right behavior to get an optimal face scan with ObiScanner.
In particular, we will analyse how the patient should move move in order to avoid artifacts on the resulting 3D model.

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Trick & Tips: Special Cases

In this post we show you the right behavior to get an optimal face scan with ObiScanner.
In particular, we will see how the patient should move his eyes to perform a perfect scan.

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Combining Intraoral Scans, CBCTs and Face Scans: The Virtual Patient

The Virtual Patient is a topic that has been discussed for years now in dentistry: true-to-life representation of the anatomical structures of the face, teeth and bones which could help dentists plan therapy.
Furthermore, one of the main aspects and goals of this representation is making the treatment clearly understandable for patients who would then feel more trustful towards their clinician.

After many years of research, product development and several methods of acquisition put in place by different companies and institutions, the Virtual Patient is here and any dental clinic can implement a fully digital workflow which will improve the performances, real and perceived quality of their work.

A very interesting article submitted on PubMed (link) explains how and why the Virtual Patient can revolutionize the dental world, like the advent of implants did just a few decades ago.

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Superimposition with Exocad – Tutorial 2

Superimposition of ObiScanner 3D model with any intra-oral scan is very easy with dental CAD softwares (like Exocad, Dentalwings, Geomagic), providing information about proportions, measurements and colours which were only available in 2D. In this video, you can see an example of superimposition.

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