Mapping tooth surface loss with a fixed-base stereo camera

Abstract

Change detection of tooth surface loss in the cervical region of a tooth replica has been performed using a fixed-base stereoscopic camera, consisting of two SLR digital cameras with lenses of fixed focal length. Commercial digital photogrammetric and calibration software was used to perform a convergent multi-station calibration with an artefact comprising a transilluminated planar array and a tiered object exhibiting optical texture. Digital surface models of a tiered test object and a tooth surface containing a non-carious cervical lesion were generated from stereo-imagery. The accuracy of automatic mass point measurement of a planar surface was 4 ± 13μm in Z. The sensitivity of change de..