title: The first vector-graphics-aided computer tooth model and its animation.
abstract: Computer graphics is here to stay and spreading. This article intends to be nothing more than a brief introduction of this new tool in the field of dentistry. We hope that our colleagues will welcome this new development and recognize it as an opportunity to make contact with the basic sciences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Central Institute of Stomatology, Budapest, Hungary. schranzd@axelero.hu
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authors.lastname: Schranz
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D012984:Software; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019246:Tooth Preparation / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface