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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Eric P. Meyer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roman A. Roschin, Moscow, RU;
Tzishing Jesse Lim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Palak Mittal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephan Albert Alexandre Dumothier, Houston, TX (US);
Norman C. Su, San Jose, CA (US);
Huameng Ivan Chu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems that utilize a cheek retractor and/or a mobile device holder for case assessment and/or dental treatments. One cheek retractor includes a first and a second lip holder, both including imaging markers of a predetermined size to determine a scale of teeth of a user, where each imaging marker is located a predefined distance from the remaining imaging markers, and where the lip holder is to hold a cheek away from a mouth of a user to expose teeth of the user. A mobile device holder can include elements to receive a mobile device to capture images of the patient's teeth.