US 12,220,288 B2
Systems and methods for orthodontic and restorative treatment planning
Dmitry Yurievich Chekh, Moscow (RU); David Patrick Lopes, El Dorado Hills, CA (US); Vladislav Andreevich Miryaha, Dolgoprudny (RU); Elena Agilina, New York, NY (US); Boris Aleksandrovich Vysokanov, Moscow (RU); Vera Vladimirovna Kadrul, Moscow (RU); Anastasia Chikhanova, Moscow (RU); Aleksei Lisitsin, Chelyabinsk (RU); Valery Prokoshev, Vladimir (RU); Travis Harrison, San Clemente, CA (US); and Akhil Deshpande, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,284.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/374,802, filed on Sep. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/265,010, filed on Dec. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,139, filed on Oct. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0132201 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/34 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61C 13/0004 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61C 13/34 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving input data representing an initial tooth arrangement of a patient's teeth;
determining a target tooth arrangement for the patient's teeth, wherein the target tooth arrangement comprises a change in mass of at least one tooth;
generating a plurality of intermediate tooth arrangements configured to adjust the patient's teeth from the initial tooth arrangement toward the target tooth arrangement;
generating instructions to output a first heatmap showing a difference in tooth mass between a first intermediate tooth arrangement of the plurality of intermediate tooth arrangements and the target tooth arrangement;
generating instructions to output a second heatmap showing a difference in tooth mass between a second intermediate tooth arrangement of the plurality of intermediate tooth arrangements and the target tooth arrangement; and
receiving a user input selecting the first intermediate tooth arrangement or the second intermediate tooth arrangement for use in a treatment plan based on a comparison between the first heatmap and the second heatmap.