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Mouth retracted face scanning

Click ➕ during scanning and add a retracted face stage when the tooth data in the smile face fails to align with the intraoral data.

Note

When you enter the interface, it will prompt you to take off the glasses, tie up hair and keep a toothy (6-8 teeth) smile.

Steps

  1. Adjust the distance between the face and the camera.

    • Facial recognition: center the face in the camera until the face detection box turns green.
    • Appropriate distance: adjust the distance between the face and camera until the vertical indicator shows Suitable.

    Note

    When you launch the software and start the first scanning, adjust the face to a proper position and the software will modify the parameters automatically.

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  2. Maintain a stable facial position and prepare to start scanning:

    • Handheld mode: Press Space or click to start scanning.
    • Fixed mode: Scanning starts automatically after a 3-second countdown or can be started manually, similar to the handheld mode.

    Note

    The countdown guide for handheld mode is turned off by default and can be enabled in Scan Settings.

  3. In handheld mode, you need to move the scanner up, down, left, and right to scan the patient's head; in fixed mode, guide the patient to slowly and evenly rotate their head up, down, left, and right.

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  4. Press Space again or click to end the scan. If the scan result is not ideal, click to rescan.

Caution

Please wear a disposable dental retractor during scanning.

Steps

  1. Adjust the distance between the face and the camera.

    • Face recognition: Face is centered, and the face detection box is displayed in green.
    • Appropriate distance: The distance indicator shows Suitable.

  2. Maintain a stable facial position and prepare to start scanning:

    • Handheld mode: Press Space or click to start scanning.
    • Fixed mode: Scanning starts automatically after a 3-second countdown or can be started manually, similar to the handheld mode.
    Icon Description
    To start scanning.
    To delete the data and re-scan the face.
    To save the data.

  3. Click to finish scanning and save the data.

Note

Click on the right panel to import the intraoral data if you do not import it when creating the order.

After retracted face scanning, you can choose to align the face data with the intraoral data automatically or manually. The face data and the intraoral data can be selected from the drop-down list.

Automatic alignment

Click to align the data automatically.

Manual alignment

  1. Click to align the data manually.

  2. Click to add 3 ~ 12 corresponding markers on the teeth in both the left and right sections.

  3. Click to align the data.

    Icon Name Description
    Delete To delete all markers.
    Manual Align To quit manual alignment.

You can align the data automatically or manually.

Automatic alignment

Click to align the data automatically.

Manual alignment

  1. Click and align the data manually.

  2. Click to add 3 ~ 12 corresponding markers on the face scans in both the left and right sections.

  3. Click to align the data.

After the alignment is complete, you can view the effect through the heat map, or reset the alignment.

Icon Name Description
Heat Map
  • To view the alignment effect through numerical values with corresponding colors. Green represents an ideal effect, red represents a positive deviation, and blue represents a negative deviation.
  • Click on the heat map to add a label. Click or double click on a label to delete it.
Reset Align To delete the aligned model and align the data manually.

After scanning, click Go to Pre-design to edit the scanned data.

You can also send the order to Dental Cloud. For more details, please see Data Processing.