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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2021
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ofer Saphier, Rechovot, IL;
Pavel Agniashvili, Moscow, RU;
Moti Ben-Dov, Tel Mond, IL;
Ran Katz, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Maxim Volgin, Moscow, RU;
Doron Malka, Tel Aviv, IL;
Avraham Zulti, Modiin, IL;
Pavel Veryovkin, Krasnogorsk, RU;
Maayan Moshe, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Ido Tishel, Kfar Bilu, IL;
Adi Levin, Nes Tziona, IL;
Shai Farkash, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Inna Karapetyan, Modiin, IL;
Dina Bova, Shaar Efraim, IL;
Edi Fridman, Rishon le Zion, IL;
Jonathan Coslovsky, Rehovot, IL;
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of intraoral scanning includes receiving a first one or more intraoral scans of a patient's oral cavity; automatically determining, based on processing of the first one or more intraoral scans, a first scanning role associated with the first one or more intraoral scans, wherein the first scanning role is a first one of an upper dental arch role, a lower dental arch role or a bite role; and determining a first three-dimensional surface associated with the first scanning role.