Systems and methods for estimating a trend associated with dental tissue
OwnerCharles Dresser, Nathan Montyinventors
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Abstract
Some aspects relate to systems and methods for estimating a trend associated with dental tissue. An exemplary system may include a sensor configured to periodically detect a plurality of oral images representing a plurality of exposed tooth surfaces and a computing device configured to receive the plurality of oral images from the sensor, aggregate a first aggregated oral image as a function of a first plurality of oral images detected at a first time, aggregate a second aggregated oral image as a function of a second plurality of oral images detected at a second time, and estimate a trend as a function of the first aggregated oral image and the second aggregated oral image.
Claims20
A system for estimating a trend associated with dental tissue, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect, a plurality of oral images representing a plurality of exposed tooth surfaces of a patient that include dental hard tissue;
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- a computing device, in communication with the sensor, configured to:
- receive the plurality of oral images from the sensor;
- aggregate a first aggregated oral image as a function of a first plurality of oral images detected, at a first time;
- aggregate a second aggregated oral image as a function of a second plurality of oral images detected, at a second time;
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- estimate a trend as a function of the first aggregated oral image and the second aggregated oral image, wherein the trend includes one or more of a future bite arrangement trend or an alignment trend.
A method of estimating a trend associated with dental tissue, the system comprising:
- detecting, using a sensor, a plurality of oral images representing a plurality of exposed tooth surfaces of a patient that include dental hard tissue;
- receiving, using a computing device in communication with the sensor, the plurality of oral images from the sensor;
- aggregating, using the computing device, a first aggregated oral image as a function of a first plurality of oral images detected, at a first time;
- aggregating, using the computing device, a second aggregated oral image as a function of a second plurality of oral images detected, at a second time;
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- estimating, using the computing device, a trend as a function of the first aggregated oral image and the second aggregated oral image, wherein the trend includes one or more of a future bite arrangement trend or an alignment trend.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.