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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Israel Velazquez, Juarez, MX;
Andrey Cherkas, Krasnoznamensk, RU;
Stephan Albert Alexandre Dumothier, Houston, TX (US);
Anatoliy Parpara, Moscow, RU;
Alexey Geraskin, Moscow, RU;
Yury Slynko, Moscow, RU;
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
System and methods herein determine two or more adjacent teeth in a virtual model. The system and methods determine a characteristic of the teeth indicative of a spatial relationship between the teeth. The system and methods further determine that the characteristic satisfies a criterion for a virtual filler. The system and methods determine a geometry of the virtual filler based on the spatial relationship between the teeth.