# Segmentation of toothl models in 3D STL format

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/segmentation-of-toothl-models-in-3d-stl-format/10755
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [February 22, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/segmentation-of-toothl-models-in-3d-stl-format/10755 "2023-02-22T08:38:37Z")
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### Author: ![jiaxuan66680](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jiaxuan66680](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/jiaxuan66680)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/segmentation-of-toothl-models-in-3d-stl-format/10755/1 "2023-02-22T08:38:37Z")

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Hello everyone, my first post here.  
I have a human lower alveolar STL model with 14 teeth, here some teeth are connected to each other, how can I use python to separate each tooth individually. Can I try a curvature or density based segmentation method?  
 ![图片 1](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7ec793279ce84409ef148baf429fc014cfdb5676.png)

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### Author: ![Ali\_Abdullah](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/ali_abdullah/32/9478_2.png) [@Ali\_Abdullah](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Ali_Abdullah)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/segmentation-of-toothl-models-in-3d-stl-format/10755/2 "2024-11-13T11:12:46Z")

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Did you find the solution to this?