Systems and methods for tooth modeling

A system for modeling a patient's tooth, the system comprising:

• a scanner configured to generate image data of a partial portion of a crown of a patient's tooth;
• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors operably coupled to the scanner and to the memory, the one or more processors being configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving the image data from the scanner,
• generating a digital representation of the crown of the patient's tooth based on the image data,
• selecting a digital tooth template having a crown portion,
• generating a morphed crown portion based on the crown portion of the digital tooth template, and
• generating a digital patient crown model by combining the morphed crown portion with the digital representation of the crown of the patient's tooth.

A computer-implemented method for modeling a patient's tooth, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving image data of a partial portion of a crown of a patient's tooth from a scanner;
• generating a digital representation of the crown of the patient's tooth based on the image data;
• selecting a digital tooth template having a crown portion;
• generating a morphed crown portion based on the crown portion of the digital tooth template;
• and
• generating a digital patient crown model by combining the morphed crown portion with the digital representation of the crown of the patient's tooth.