Description
DentalPrint is a software program for the computer-based identification of bite marks. It allows the generation of comparison overlays from a 3D model of the suspect's teeth in an accurate and objective way. DentalPrint was developed at the University of Granada (Spain).
Features
DentalPrint's features include:
- Full-featured graphical environment to work with the 3D models of the teeth.
- Accurate and objective selection of the biting edges.
- Generation of comparison overlays depending on the pressure and deviation of the biting.
- Elaborate customization and output options.
Screenshots
Below are some screenshots of the DentalPrint application:
You can click on each of the images to open a window with a larger version.
System Requirements
DentalPrint 2.0 requires Windows 98 or newer. It has been successfully tested on Windows 98 and Windows XP.
Download
The latest version of DentalPrint is 2.0.
- A demo version of DentalPrint 2.0 can be downloaded here (788 K). All of DentalPrint's functions are available in this version, except for printing and saving.
- To obtain a fully functional version, please send us a request.
To facilitate the exploration of the program's features, we provide the following example files with practical cases:
- Example 1: lower , upper
- Example 2: lower , upper
- Example 3: lower , upper
- Example 4: lower , upper
- Example 5: lower , upper
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NEW 3D Conversor
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Now DentalPrint© software can be used with 3D scanners others than Picza 3D Scanner® (Roland DG Corp., Japan). Conversor© is an application that converts .ply files in .dpx files to be used in DentalPrint© software. Once dental casts or bite impressions are scanned in a 3D scanner, they should be saved as .ply format, so that they can be opened in Conversor© application to be converted in .dpx files in order to be used in DentalPrint software. Written by Beatriz Ramos Ontiveros, M.Eng.
Documentation
In addition to a possible online help system included in the DentalPrint distribution, a copy of the user manual can be downloaded here (PDF, 1.16 MB).
References
DentalPrint was developed as a part of coordinated action ACC-286-CVI-2001 between the Department of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Odontology and the Software Engineering Department of the University of Granada (Spain).
The software was written by Carlos Javier Ogayar Anguita, M.Eng.
The researchers involved in this project are:
- Aurora Valenzuela Garach, M.D., Ph.D., B.D.S.
- Stella Martín de las Heras, M.D., Ph.D., B.D.S.
- Juan Carlos Torres Cantero, Ph.D., M.Phys.
DentalPrint is discussed in the following scientific publications:
- Effectiveness of comparison overlays generated with DentalPrint© software in bite mark analysis (Published in the 2007 Journal of Forensic Sciences 52 (1), pp. 151-156)
- Computer-based production of comparison overlays from 3D-scanned dental casts for bite mark analysis (Published in the 2005 Journal of Forensic Sciences 50 (1), art. no. JFS2004226, pp. 127-133)
