VIBROMETER TO MEASURE OCCLUSION FORCE ON TEETH USING IMAGE PROCESSING

SukeshiniTamgade, Vidhi M. Chakradhare, Vandana K. Sarve, Snehal R.Choudhari, MonaliG.Wankhade

Abstract: It is seen that there is decrease in the density of jawbone and the bone around the teeth over the years of person. As a result it creates the occlusal force on teeth. When the force exceeds the adaptive capacity of the tissues which gets injured that resultant injury is termed as trauma from occlusion. There is no such device to check the occlusal force on teeth. Therefore doctor measure force with the help of index finger but occlusive force cannot be measured accurately and satisfactorily. Due to this we are designing a device known as Vibrometer to detect the occlusal force on teeth. The device consists of a probe through which the waveform will be drawn, a drum will be used to rotate the paper, and a stand will be used to stable the head and in MATLAB the waveform will be analyzed.

Keywords: vibrometer, image processing, Pattern Recognition, MATLAB software.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0522008