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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
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
Methods and systems for taking images of a patient's teeth for tracking a progress of an orthodontic procedure. The methods and systems include a mobile device holder with one or more adjustable stops for providing a compressive force on a mobile device placed therein; a cheek retractor coupled to the mobile device holder; and a user interface on the mobile device indicating whether the mobile device holder is in a correct position relative to the patient's teeth as the mobile device holder is moved while the cheek retractor engages a cheek of the patient to expose the patient's teeth, while taking one or more visual images of the exposed teeth using a camera of the mobile device.