# Best approach to remove (melt down) a tooth

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/best-approach-to-remove-melt-down-a-tooth/11523>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation, dicom\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/best-approach-to-remove-melt-down-a-tooth/11523 "2020-05-13T15:37:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/best-approach-to-remove-melt-down-a-tooth/11523/1 "2020-05-13T15:37:48Z")

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Hello. What is a good approach to remove a tooth from a teeth from a CBCT ?

I have read these docs: [Documentation/Nightly/Training - Slicer Wiki](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Training#Segmentation)

in order to see a growing from seeds approach, and I have tried this technique in 3d slicer. My trial doesn’t output a good result, (of course, I have little experience on 3d slicer) I mean I cut a piece of tooth, but the cutting is not quite only a tooth … if you know what I mean.

But I need a kind of scissor to cut down, to extract, to melt down a single tooth from a teeth:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/1/8/18694dad975cc41e74deb171caf802ea92bd7cb0.jpeg)

If I could anonymize the dicom series, I would upload here for trial. I’ll try that. I hope you can find a little time to write me a hint, anything that could help me.

Thank you.