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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2021
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Michelle Stone-Collonge, Campbell, CA (US);
Eric E. Kuo, San Jose, CA (US);
Rick M. Matty, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Fabio Pettinati, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas Maurer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dzmitry Sanko, Fremont, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems for designing a restored smile are provided. One method includes receiving scan data of a patient's teeth, developing a digital model of the patient's teeth via a computing device, where the model represents the patient's teeth based upon the scan data, creating a dental treatment plan to restore one or more teeth from an initial condition to a successive condition, and wherein a final condition of the one or more is based on the one or more teeth having at least one planned additional restorative tooth structure provided therewith.