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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2022
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Dmitry Mednikov, Moscow, RU;
Svetlana Makarenkova, Moscow, RU;
Pavel Pokotilov, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aleksandr Zhulin, Moscow, RU;
Boris Likhtman, Moscow, RU;
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for generating composite images of a patient and models of the patient's dentition are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes generating a plurality of 3D models, each comprising a virtual representation of the patient's dentition at different treatment stages of a treatment plan and obtaining an image of the patient's face and dentition. The method can include projecting the obtained image into a 3D space to create a projected 3D model of the patient's face and dentition. The method can also include generating a plurality of modified images, each representing the patient in a treatment stage of the treatment plan and formed by combining the patient's dentition of one of the 3D models with the patient's face of the projected 3D model. A modified image corresponding to a selected treatment stage and a corresponding 3D model can be provided for display.