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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Applicant:
3shape A/s, Copenhagen, DK;
Inventors:
Bo Esbech, Gentofte, DK;
Rune Fisker, Virum, DK;
Lars Henriksen, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Tais Clausen, Klagshamn, SE;
Assignee:
3Shape A/S, Kobenhavn K, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 19/10 (2006.01); A61C 13/08 (2006.01); G01J 3/50 (2006.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 13/082 (2013.01); G01J 3/504 (2013.01); G01J 3/508 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01);
Abstract
Disclosed in a method, a user interface and a system for use in determining shade of a patient's tooth, wherein a digital 3D representation including shape data and texture data for the tooth is obtained. A tooth shade value for at least one point on the tooth is determined based on the texture data of the corresponding point of the digital 3D representation and on known texture values of one or more reference tooth shade values.