Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of teeth

摘要

Method for generating optical characteristics data of a dental object including at least color characteristics, are disclosed. Light is provided to the object and light is received from the object, and the received light is coupled to a camera, with the object positioned in the field of view of the camera. The optical characteristics data are generated based on camera data corresponding to the object and based on camera data corresponding to a calibration standard generated with the calibration standard in the field of view of the camera. The optical characteristics data may be stored in a record of a software database or used to prepare a second dental object.