Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late Date: 31 Jul 2026 19:47:23 GMT Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <1145p0t$2l6ge$2@dont-email.me> <18c5f3fa510bcd73$19925$704772$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <18c606426ab89e70$22171$442584$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <18c60b7e803d0104$14391$197624$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1147up9$39shm$3@dont-email.me> <18c6320c52eb0a0f$15335$967852$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <114crfe$rjmv$3@dont-email.me> <20260729080407.0000667a@gmail.com> <114gdmt$24p37$1@dont-email.me> <114geqa$24ndu$4@dont-email.me> <114gnpk$25vi4$9@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net CrgMl82yRLGC15gwh86G2wzD6L4nIh/9MiVVBaI1YxisYd6hhQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:K59+t9t5VlQi/2L+MNv07zx2DRw= sha256:WJoEvaQflL2hD4zUARRb23jWbjG9vTkY+ueplnXC2L4= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89366 On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:47:32 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > I don't know what my dentist uses. I know they changed software, and > they have some computer with the old system in order to see the old > data. But on their new terminal they have a 3D representation of my > mouth, they can see in isolation a single molar, in 3D. Mine has been using a new system too. She says the visualization is better than what she gets from x-rays. It's way down the road but she is also interested in 3D printing bridges and crowns rather than the current drawn out process of making molds and sending them off to a lab. It's a long way from when I was a kid and they used cable powered drills to create holes that they filled with mercury amalgam.