METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORAL IMAGING

1 . A system for oral imaging, the system comprising:

a hand piece comprising:

a distal optical passage located at a distal end of the hand piece configured to be located within a patient's mouth; and

a proximal optical passage located at a proximal end of the hand piece configured to be located outside of the patient's mouth;

an optical arrangement in optical communication with the proximal optical passage and the distal optical passage, wherein the optical arrangement is configured to:

view dental tissue, via the proximal optical passage and the distal optical passage; and

form an optical image of the dental tissue; and

a sensor in optical communication with the optical arrangement and configured to:

detect the optical image of the dental tissue; and

generate a digital image of the dental tissue, as a function of the optical image of the dental tissue.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the optical arrangement comprises a telecentric optical.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the optical arrangement comprises an adaptive optic configured to adjust a working distance of the optical arrangement.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the optical arrangement is located at least 50 mm, 100 mm, 150 mm, 200 mm, 250 mm, or 500 mm from the distal optical passage.

5 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a laser configured to generate a laser beam as a function of a laser parameter, wherein the laser beam performs a treatment on the dental tissue, as a function of the laser parameter; and

a beam delivery system in optical communication with the laser and the distal optical passage, wherein the beam delivery system is configured to deliver the laser beam from the laser to the hand piece; and

wherein the hand piece is further configured to:

accept the laser beam from the beam delivery system at the distal optical passage; and

direct the laser beam, using the proximal optical passage, to the dental hard tissue.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the beam delivery system comprises at least a portion of the optical arrangement.

7 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the sensor has a shutter synchronized to pulses of the laser.

8 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the beam delivery system comprises a beam scanning system configured to move the laser beam; and

wherein the sensor has a shutter synchronized to at least a movement of the beam scanning system.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the optical arrangement comprises an adaptive optic configured to adjust a working distance of the optical arrangement; and

the sensor has shutter synchronized to the adaptive optic and the adjustment of the working distance of the optical arrangement.

10 . The system of claim 8 , further comprising at least a computing device configured to control one or more of the laser, the sensor, the shutter, the adaptive optic, an illumination source, and the beam scanning system.

11 . A method for oral imaging, the method comprising:

locating, using a hand piece, a distal optical passage located at a distal end of the hand piece within a patient's mouth;

locating, using the hand piece, a proximal optical passage located at a proximal end of the hand piece outside of the patient's mouth;

viewing, using an optical arrangement in optical communication with the proximal optical passage and the distal optical passage, the dental tissue, via the proximal optical passage and the distal optical passage;

forming, using the optical arrangement, an optical image of the dental tissue;

detecting, using a sensor in optical communication with the optical arrangement, the optical image of the dental tissue; and

generating, using the sensor, a digital image of the dental tissue, as a function of the optical image of the dental tissue.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the optical arrangement comprises a telecentric optical.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising adjusting, using the optical arrangement comprising an adaptive optic, a working distance of the optical arrangement.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the optical arrangement is located at least 50 mm, 100 mm, 150 mm, 200 mm, 250 mm, or 500 mm from the distal optical passage.

15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

generating, using a laser, a laser beam as a function of a laser parameter, wherein the laser beam performs a treatment on the dental tissue, as a function of the laser parameter;

delivering, using a beam delivery system in optical communication with the laser and the distal optical passage, the laser beam from the laser to the hand piece;

accepting, using the hand piece, the laser beam from the beam delivery system at the distal optical passage; and

directing the laser beam, using the proximal optical passage of the hand piece, to the dental hard tissue.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the beam delivery system comprises at least a portion of the optical arrangement.

17 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising synchronizing a shutter of the sensor to pulses of the laser.

18 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

moving, using a beam scanning system of the beam delivery system, the laser beam; and

synchronizing a shutter of the sensor to at least a movement of the beam scanning system.

19 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

adjusting a working distance of the optical arrangement, using an adaptive optic; and

synchronizing a shutter of the sensor to the adaptive optic and the adjustment of the working distance of the optical arrangement.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising controlling, using at least a computing device, one or more of the laser, the sensor, the shutter, the adaptive optic, an illumination source, and the beam scanning system.