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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Ormco Corporation, Orange, CA (US);
Inventors:
Craig A. Andreiko, Alta Loma, CA (US);
David M. Sarver, Vestavia Hills, AL (US);
Assignee:
Ormco Corporation, Orange, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 9/0006 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61C 13/34 (2013.01); G01T 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A set of rules to design an orthodontic appliance for generating an aesthetic smile is maintained in a computational device, where the set of rules is associated with an application that executes in the computational device. At least one measured value is computed from one or more features extracted by processing dental information of a patient. The application generates a parameter to design an orthodontic appliance based on the at least one measured value and the set of rules for generating the aesthetic smile.