US 11,666,417 B2
Method for analysing a dental situation
Philippe Salah, Paris (FR); Thomas Pellissard, Clichy (FR); Guillaume Ghyselinck, Cantin (FR); and Laurent Debraux, Paris (FR)
Assigned to DENTAL MONITORING, Paris (FR)
Filed by DENTAL MONITORING, Paris (FR)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,523.
Application 17/867,523 is a continuation of application No. 17/057,616, previously published as PCT/EP2019/062382, filed on May 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18305628 (EP), filed on May 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346915 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 7/00 (2006.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61C 9/004 (2013.01); G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for analyzing a real dental situation of a patient, the method comprising the following successive steps:
A) at an updated instant, acquisition, by means of a cellphone or a tablet, of an updated image representing a real dental scene;
B) determination of a virtual dental scene as a function of the representation of the real dental scene on the updated image; the virtual dental scene comprising a representation of the arch as anticipated for a future simulation instant and/or a representation of an orthodontic appliance worn by the teeth of the arch as anticipated for a future simulation instant, the future simulation instant being more than one day after the updated instant;
C) display of the updated image on a screen and presentation of the virtual dental scene overlaid with the representation of the real dental scene on the updated image displayed on the screen, in transparent mode or not on said representation;
wherein the patient acquires said updated image in the step A), and observes the screen in the step C).