The Ness Visual Dictionary of Dental Technology
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| Term | scan alignment |
| Variations | jaw registration |
| See also | alignment scan, multi-point alignment |
| Definition | The process of aligning scans taken of the same object at different times. The CAD software compares two scans and mathematically finds the position of one scan that most closely matches the other. The software may be aided by the operator identifying one or more known points on each scan before calculation occurs. |
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