Dentures: 3D Digital Images Of Tooth Contours May Replace Plaster Models, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF Study

ScienceDaily (June 15, 2009) — Using current technology, dental technicians can only make dentures using a bite impression. The silicone template for this plaster model is made by the dentist, in a procedure which is unpleasant for the patient. In the future, a 3-D digitizer will provide the teeth contours – without a plaster model.