US 12,064,310 B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for correcting malocclusions of teeth
Rene M. Sterental, Palo Alto, CA (US); Samuel Blanco, Santa Clara, CA (US); Anton Lapshin, Nizhny Novgorod (RU); Alexander Kulinich, Village Okskij (RU); Valery Prokoshev, Vladimir (RU); Boris Vasilevskiy, Ufa (RU); Evgeniy Morozov, Uluanovsk (RU); and Jason Ramos, San Jose (CR)
Assigned to ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,400.
Application 17/899,400 is a continuation of application No. 16/103,763, filed on Aug. 14, 2018, granted, now 11,484,389.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/547,004, filed on Aug. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000595 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61C 7/08 (2013.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G06V 2201/12 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of digital treatment planning via an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a three-dimensional model representative of a patient's teeth;
identifying, based on the three-dimensional model, a plurality of malocclusions of the patient's teeth including a first malocclusion and a second malocclusion;
receiving treatment constraints for the patient's teeth;
generating, using a clinical decision tree to accommodate the received treatment constraints, a first plurality of treatment plans based on the received treatment constraints, wherein the clinical decision tree comprises at least two branched treatment plan options that include at least one of the received treatment constraints and the three-dimensional model is validated against the at least two branched treatment plan options to select a treatment plan option of the at least two branched treatment plan options;
generating a second plurality of treatment plans by modifying some of the first plurality of treatment plans to treat the first malocclusion;
generating a third plurality of modified treatment plans by modifying some of the second plurality of modified treatment plans to treat the second malocclusion;
providing one or more of the third plurality of modified treatment plans to a dental professional for evaluation;
receiving a selection of a treatment plan from the dental professional among the one or more of the third plurality of modified treatment plans; and
displaying a graphical representation of the selected treatment plan for display on the electronic device.