Dental computing and applications : advanced techniques for clinical dentistry

Chapter I Software Support for Advanced Cephalometric Analysis in Orthodontics ........................................... 1 Demetrios J. Halazonetis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Chapter II A New Software Environment for 3D-Time Series Analysis ............................................................... 28 Jörg Hendricks, University of Leipzig, Germany Gert Wollny, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Alexander Hemprich, University of Leipzig, Germany Thomas Hierl, University of Leipzig, Germany Chapter III Relationship Between Shrinkage and Stress ........................................................................................ 45 Antheunis Versluis, University of Minnesota, USA Daranee Tantbirojn, University of Minnesota, USA Chapter IV An Objective Registration Method for Mandible Alignment ............................................................... 65 Andreas Vogel, Institut für Medizin- und Dentaltechnologie GmbH, Germany Table of Contents Section II Software Support in Oral Surgery Chapter V Requirements for a Universal Image Analysis Tool in Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery................................................................................................................................................. 79 Thomas Hierl, University of Leipzig, Germany Heike Hümpfner-Hierl, University of Leipzig, Germany Daniel Kruber, University of Leipzig, Germany Thomas Gäbler, University of Leipzig, Germany Alexander Hemprich, University of Leipzig, Germany Gert Wollny, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Chapter VI Denoising and Contrast Enhancement in Dental Radiography............................................................. 90 N. A. Borghese, University of Milano, Italy I. Frosio, University of Milano, Italy Chapter VII 3D Reconstructions from Few Projections in Oral Radiology .......................................................... 108 Ralf K.W. Schulze, Klinikum der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany Section III Software Support in Tissue Regeneration Proceeders in Dentistry Chapter VIII Advances and Trends in Tissue Engineering of Teeth ........................................................................ 123 Shital Patel, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Yos Morsi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Chapter IX Automated Bacterial Colony Counting for Clonogenic Assay........................................................... 134 Wei-Bang Chen, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA Section IV Software Support in Dental Implantology ChapterX A New System in Guided Surgery: The Flatguide™ System............................................................. 147 Michele Jacotti, Private Practice, Italy Domenico Ciambrone, NRGSYS ltd, Italy Chapter XI Visualization and Modelling in Dental Implantology......................................................................... 159 Ferenc Pongracz, Albadent, Inc, Hungary Chapter XII Finite Element Analysis and its Application in Dental Implant Research ......................................... 170 Antonios Zampelis, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Greece George Tsamasphyros, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Greece Section V Software Support in Clinical Dental Management and Education Chapter XIII Electronic Oral Health Records in Practice and Research ................................................................. 191 Amit Chattopadhyay, University of Kentucky, USA Tiago Coelho de Souza, University of Kentucky, USA Oscar Arevalo, University of Kentucky, USA Chapter XIV Haptic-Based Virtual Reality Dental Simulator as an Educational Tool ........................................... 219 Maxim Kolesnikov, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Arnold D. Steinberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Miloš Žefran, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Chapter XV Digital Library for Dental Biomaterials.............................................................................................. 232 Anka Letic-Gavrilovic, International Clinic for Neo-Organs – ICNO, Italy Chapter XVI Rapid Prototyping and Dental Applications ....................................................................................... 273 Petros Koidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Marianthi Manda, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Chapter XVII Unicode Characters for Human Dentition: New Foundation for Standardized Data Exchange and Notation in Countries Employing Double-Byte Character Sets ................................................. 305 Hiroo Tamagawa, The Japan Association for Medical Informatics, Japan Hideaki Amano, The Japan Association for Medical Informatics, Japan Naoji Hayashi, The Japan Association for Medical Informatics, Japan Yasuyuki Hirose, The Japan Association for Medical Informatics, Japan Masatoshi Hitaka, The Japan Association for Medical Informatics, Japan Noriaki Morimoto, The Japan Association for Medical Informatics, Japan Hideaki Narusawa, The Japan Association for Medical Informatics, Japan Ichiro Suzuki, The Japan Association for Medical Informatics, Japan Chapter XVIII Virtual Dental Patient: A 3D Oral Cavity Model and its Use in Haptics-Based Virtual Reality Cavity Preparation in Endodontics .................................................................................................... 317 Nikos Nikolaidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ioannis Marras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Georgios Mikrogeorgis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Kleoniki Lyroudia, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ioannis Pitas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Compilation of References ............................................................................................................... 337 About the Contributors .................................................................................................................... 370