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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2019
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Vadim Matov, San Jose, CA (US);
Sergei Brodsky, San Jose, CA (US);
Bastien Pesenti, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuri Syrov, San Jose, CA (US);
Ping Tang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Manlio Fabio Valdivieso Casique, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Olga Matusevich, Moscow, RU;
Igor Kvasov, Los Altos, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of generating an orthodontic model are disclosed. The method may include: generating an initial model of a patient dentition; generating a target model of the patient dentition; defining a plurality of caps and a plurality of links, wherein each link connects two of the plurality of caps; generating a relaxed model of a dental appliance from the plurality of caps and the plurality of links; generating a deformed model of a dental appliance from the plurality of caps and plurality of links; and determining a plurality of movements, wherein the plurality of moments transform the relaxed model to the deformed model and wherein the moments are configured to direct the patient dentition from the initial model to the target model.