Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for imaging removable dental appliances
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Application No.: US17535478Application Date: 2021-11-24
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Publication No.: US12156714B2Publication Date: 2024-12-03
- Inventor: Jun Sato , Allen Boronkay , Yaser Shanjani , Reza Shirazi Aghjari , Avi Kopelman , Andrew Jang , Jihua Cheng , Eric Kuo , Vladimir Shelbakh , Bastien Pesenti
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: G06T7/73
- IPC: G06T7/73 ; A61B5/00 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/08 ; A61C7/10 ; A61C9/00 ; A61C13/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T15/08

Abstract:
Methods and systems for imaging removable dental appliances. Image data taken while a removable dental appliance was worn on a patient's teeth may be used to identify one or more locations of undesirable contact between the removable dental appliance and the patient's teeth and/or one or more attachments on the patient's teeth. The one or more locations of undesirable contact can correlate with undesirable tooth movement compared to expected tooth movement according to a treatment plan. A three-dimensional (3D) model of the removable dental appliance and the patient's teeth may be displayed on a user interface, with the identified one or more locations of undesirable contact highlighted in the 3D model. An alert of the identified one or more locations of undesirable contact may be emitted via the user interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220079445A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS Public/Granted day:2022-03-17
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