Method and system for dental visualization
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorEric Kuo
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Abstract
In particular embodiments, method, apparatus and system for receiving digital representations of the initial parameters of a dentition; simulating a first orthodontic treatment process on the digital representations of the initial parameters, displaying a set of output results from the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process, simulating a second orthodontic treatment process on the output results from the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process, and displaying a set of output results from the simulation of the second orthodontic treatment process are provided.
Claims22
A method for creating a visualization of results corresponding to a dental treatment of a patient's teeth, the method comprising:
- simulating a first orthodontic treatment process on digital representations of initial teeth parameters of a dentition to move teeth toward a target occlusion to produce a first set of output results;
- simulating a second orthodontic treatment process on the first set of output results from the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process to produce a second set of output results, the first set of output results from the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process comprising supplementary teeth parameters;
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- displaying the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process and the simulation of the second orthodontic treatment process to reflect an alteration to the first orthodontic treatment process and the second orthodontic treatment process.
A non-transitory computing device readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to cause a computing device to perform a method for creating a visualization of results corresponding to a dental treatment, comprising:
- simulating a first orthodontic treatment process on digital representations of initial teeth parameters of a dentition to move teeth toward a target occlusion to produce a first set of output results;
- simulating a second orthodontic treatment process on the first set of output results from the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process to produce a second set of output results, the first set of output results from the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process comprising supplementary teeth parameters;
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- displaying the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process and the simulation of the second orthodontic treatment process to reflect an alteration to the first orthodontic treatment process and the second orthodontic treatment process.
A system comprising:
- an intraoral scanner configured to obtain an intraoral scan of teeth;
- a computing device comprising:
- memory;
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform a method comprising:
- receiving the intraoral scan;
- using the intraoral scanner to simulate a first orthodontic treatment process on digital representations of initial teeth parameters of a dentition to move the teeth toward a target occlusion to produce a first set of output results;
- using the intraoral scanner to simulate a second orthodontic treatment process on the first set of output results from the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process to produce a second set of output results, the first set of output results from the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process comprising supplementary teeth parameters;
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- displaying the simulation of the first orthodontic treatment process and the simulation of the second orthodontic treatment process to reflect an alteration to the first orthodontic treatment process and the second orthodontic treatment process.
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