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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Pavel Pokotilov, Moscow, RU;
Dmitry Yurievich Chekh, Moscow, RU;
Dmitriy Konstantinovich Ten, Novosibirsk, RU;
Samuel Blanco, Saratoga, CA (US);
David Patrick Lopes, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Jason Ramos, Heredia, CR;
Rene M. Sterental, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Evgenii Vladimirovich Karnygin, Moscow, RU;
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for generating a virtual depiction of an orthodontic treatment of a patient is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method may involve gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model modeling the patient's dentition at a specific treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan. An image of the patient's face and dentition may be gathered. A first set of reference points modeled on the 3D model of the patient's dentition and a second set of reference points represented on the dentition of the image of the patient may be received. The image of the patient's dentition may be projected into a 3D space to create a projected 3D model of the image of the patient's dentition. Based on a comparison of the first reference points and projections of the second set of reference points, a modified image of the patient may be constructed and/or modeled.