摘要 |
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the shape of the teeth of a patient, including the following steps: a) producing a three-dimensional digital model of at least one portion of an arch of the patient, preferably of the arches of the patient, or "initial reference model"; b) acquiring at least one two-dimensional image of the arches of the patient, referred to as "updated image", under actual acquisition conditions; c) analysing each updated image and producing, for each updated image, an updated map relating to a piece of discriminating information; d) optionally determining, for each updated image, rough virtual acquisition conditions that approximate said actual acquisition conditions; e) searching each updated image for a final reference model corresponding to the shape of the teeth, and optionally to the positioning of the teeth, during the acquisition of the updated image; and f) comparing the shapes of the initial reference model and of the reference model obtained at the end of the preceding steps, referred to as "final reference model", in order to determine the deformation and/or the movement of the teeth between steps a) and b). |