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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Artem Borovinskih, San Jose, CA (US);
Mitra Derakhshan, Herndon, VA (US);
Carina Morik, Amsterdam, NL;
Eric Meyer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ekaterina Tolstaya, Moscow, RU;
Yury Brailov, Moscow, RU;
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring a dental patient's progress during treatment. A first teeth mask for a captured 2D image of teeth at a particular time during treatment and a second teeth mask for an expected 2D image of the teeth may be generated. The expected 2D image may be generated from an expected 3D model representing an expected configuration of the teeth at the particular time. The captured 2D image and the expected 2D image may be compared, with the first and second teeth masks aligned, to determine whether the teeth are within a threshold level of correspondence to the expected configuration. An indication as to whether the dental treatment is proceeding as expected based on whether the configuration of the teeth is within the threshold level of correspondence may be provided.