RANDALL L KUNIK, D.D.S.
Dentist at Bee Cave Rd, Austin, TX
License number
Texas 15429
Category
Dentist
Type
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Address
Address
4201 Bee Cave Rd, Austin, TX 78746
Phone
(512) 327-8818
(512) 327-1018 (Fax)
(512) 327-1018 (Fax)
Professional information
Dr. Randall L Kunik, West Lake Hills TX - DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery)
Specialties:
Orthodontics, Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics
Address:
4201 Bee Caves Rd, West Lake Hills 78746
(512) 327-8818 (Phone), (512) 327-1018 (Fax)
(512) 327-8818 (Phone), (512) 327-1018 (Fax)
Languages:
English
Randall Louis Kunik, West Lake Hills TX
Specialties:
Dentist
Address:
4201 Bee Cave Rd, West Lake Hills, TX 78746
Device For Registering A Dental Radiograph Having Distortion Measuring Capability And Method For Using The Same
US Patent:
5416822, May 16, 1995
Filed:
Aug 29, 1994
Appl. No.:
8/296583
Inventors:
Randall L. Kunik - Austin TX
International Classification:
A61B 614
US Classification:
378162
Abstract:
The accuracy of pre-treatment radiographic images is improved by standardizing a technique for placing a bite block in a patient's mouth, by minimizing distortion in the resulting radiograph, and by providing a means for measuring the remaining distortion in the radiographic image. The placement of the bite block is registered on study models prior to the taking of the radiograph such that the dental practitioner can predetermine the best possible position for the bite block per individual patient outside the patient's mouth. The best possible position allows the dental practitioner to optimize the position of the bite block to obtain a radiograph having minimal vertical distortion and mesio-distal distortion. As some distortion is inevitable, the invention also allows for a means to measure the resulting distortion based on spatial markers set at a predetermined distance apart which are superimposed onto the radiographic image.