CPC A61B 1/24 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61C 5/90 (2017.02); A61C 9/0093 (2013.01); A61C 13/34 (2013.01); A61C 19/04 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); H04B 1/3877 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01)] | 28 Claims |
1. A system for tracking a progress of an orthodontic procedure for repositioning misaligned teeth of a patient, the system comprising:
a mobile device holder configured to provide a compressive force on a mobile device of the patient placed in the mobile device holder;
a cheek retractor configured to attach with the mobile device holder;
a non-transitory computing device readable medium having executable instructions that are executed by a processor to cause the mobile device to perform a method comprising:
providing, via the mobile device, a user interface;
instructing the patient, via video and/or audio instruction from the provided user interface, to move the mobile device holder relative to the teeth of the patient while the cheek retractor holds away a cheek of the patient to expose teeth of the patient, while taking one or more photographs and/or video of the exposed teeth using a camera of the mobile device;
storing the one or more photographs and/or video of the teeth of the patient; and
transmitting the one or more photographs and/or video of the teeth of the patient for tracking the progress of the orthodontic procedure of the patient by a treatment professional without the patient having to visit the treatment professional.
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