Image Segmentation based System for Computing the Shifting of a Tooth

The primary goal of this work is to compute the exact position of the teeth in relation to a given anatomical reference using panoramic dental radiography. The complete system was built in such a way that a dental specialist may utilize it to better examine the characteristics of a patient's intraoral configuration. The system was developed with the Matlab work environment and includes a graphical user interface that the doctor may easily operate. Image - processing techniques were utilized during the development to process such an image, and the ones that proved successful will be detailed in this article. Furthermore, another aim of this system is to measure the intensity of each element of the denture, permitting a dental specialist to draw additional vital diagnoses. Some diagnoses can be identified automatically even after the raw image has been pre-processed. As a conclusion, each step executed with the software will aid in the analysis of panoramic dental radiography.