Today, I have some photos and video to share from almost a year ago... the creation of a tooth:) I had a cracked tooth and needed a crown. My local dentist has the technology and equipment to make a tooth, and all during a single visit!
My dentist, at Kenwood Dental, is great and let me take pictures/videos.
Read on to learn more...
First, here is the machine that scanned my mouth. The scanner is attached to the end of the tube/hose-looking thing. Total geek, I talked my dentist through the steps to see what the graphics card was... NVIDIA GeForce 1060.
Here is the scan of my mouth...
And a video, showing how the scan can be navigated on-screen to facilitate a visual review.
Next, off to an adjacent room with the water-based CNC-type router:) Normally the patient does need to leave the chair... but, again, nerd.
A close up photo of the action...
And a video...
And, finally, here is the tooth about to be glued into my head! The original tooth was ground out, and then scanned about to define the bottom side of the 3D tooth; sort of a peg and hole connection.
Fun stuff.
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