Dental product for magnitude-correct evaluation of X-ray images of areas to be diagnosed within the oral cavity of a patient, and use of a dental product
A dental product for the evaluation, according to scale, of X-ray recordings of areas which are to be diagnosed, in particular areas of the tooth and/or jawbone, within the oral cavity of a patient, has a main body 10′, the shape of which is such that it is able to be received by the patient and is able to be fixed in the immediate vicinity of the area which is to be diagnosed by X-raying. The main body 10′ consists of a material which is penetrable by X-ray beams, wherein in the interior of the main body at least one reference object 12′ is held, which consists of material which absorbs X-ray beams.For the diagnosis, the dental product is placed into the patients mouth and is fixed in that the patient bits onto the dental product. An image of the diagnosed area, which is initially distorted on X-raying, is calculated in a correcting manner by means of the known size of the at least one reference object held in the interior of a main body of the dental product, so that a display, according to scale, is possible.
