Digital dental examination and documentation
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing and storing acquired data relating to one or more dental conditions. The methods can include acquiring a first oral feature in a first data acquisition using a data acquisition device, determining a first oral feature first reference point from the first data acquisition, diagnosing a first dental condition upon confirming that the first oral feature first reference point is associated with the first dental condition, acquiring the first oral feature in a second data acquisition using the data acquisition device, determining a first oral feature second reference point from the second data acquisition, and tracking the progression of the first dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the first oral feature first and second reference points.
1. A method of electronically diagnosing and tracking the progression of one or more dental conditions, the method comprising:
acquiring a first oral feature at a first time using a data acquisition device;
diagnosing, via a processor, a first dental condition based on the first oral feature;
acquiring the first oral feature at a second time using the data acquisition device; and
tracking the progression of the first dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the first oral feature at the first time and the first oral feature at the second time.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data acquisition device comprises at least one of a scanner, a camera, and an x-ray device.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the scanner comprises a cone beam computed tomography scanner.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first oral feature comprises at least one of a dimension, a contact surface, a shape, a color, a shade, a measurement of the first oral feature.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first oral feature comprises an anatomical marker of the first dental condition.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first dental condition comprises at least one of a structural and functional deterioration of soft and/or hard tissue.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein diagnosing the first dental condition comprises referencing one or more previously determined oral features stored in a memory.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first oral feature is associated with the first dental condition when a parameter of the first oral feature exceeds a diagnosis threshold.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising prompting user input to simulate treatment of the dental condition.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring a second oral feature at the first time using a data acquisition device;
diagnosing, via a processor, a second dental condition based on the second oral feature;
acquiring the second oral feature at the second time using the data acquisition device; and
tracking the progression of the second dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the second oral feature at the first time and the second oral feature at the second time.
11. A method of electronically diagnosing and tracking the progression of one or more dental conditions, the method comprising:
determining a dental condition first feature and a dental condition second feature, wherein determining the dental condition first and second features comprises processing first and second data sets, respectively, received from a data acquisition device;
diagnosing the dental condition upon confirming that the dental condition first and/or second feature is associated with the dental condition; and
tracking the progression of the dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the dental condition first and second features.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the data acquisition device comprises at least one of a scanner, a camera, and an x-ray device.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the dental condition first and second features each comprises at least one of a dimension, a contact surface, a shape, a color, a shade, a measurement of the dental condition.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the dental condition first and second features each comprises an anatomical marker of the dental condition.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the dental condition comprises at least one of a structural and functional deterioration of soft and/or hard tissue.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein diagnosing the dental condition comprises referencing one or more previously determined dental condition features stored in a memory.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the dental condition first and second features are associated with the dental condition when a parameter of each of the processed first and second data sets exceeds a diagnosis threshold.
18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising prompting user input to simulate treatment of the dental condition.
19. A dental condition diagnosis and tracking system comprising:
a data acquisition device; and
an examination unit, wherein the examination unit is configured to:
process first and second data sets received from the data acquisition device to determine a dental condition first feature and a dental condition second feature, respectively;
diagnose the dental condition upon confirming that the dental condition first and/or second feature is associated with the dental condition; and
track the progression of the dental condition by determining a discrepancy between the dental condition first and second features.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the data acquisition device comprises at least one of a scanner, a camera, and an x-ray device.