US 12,133,782 B2
Systems and methods for planning an orthodontic treatment
Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov, Long Island City, NY (US)
Assigned to Oxilio Ltd, Larnaca (CY)
Filed by Oxilio Ltd, Larnaca (CY)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/339,264.
Application 17/339,264 is a continuation of application No. 16/936,937, filed on Jul. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,026,767.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023001 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06V 10/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61C 9/004 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06V 10/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/653 (2022.01); A61C 2007/004 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01); G06V 2201/03 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for determining an orthodontic treatment based on generating a 3D representation of a given tooth of a subject, the given tooth including a crown portion and a root portion, the method being executable by a processor, the method comprising:
acquiring a 3D representation of the crown portion of the given tooth;
generating a 3D representation of the root portion of the given tooth by executing the steps of:
obtaining a location of a root apex of the 3D representation of the root portion relative to the 3D representation of the crown portion of the given tooth;
dissecting horizontally, at a predetermined height level, the 3D representation of the crown portion to generate a closed curve around the 3D representation of the crown portion,
segmenting the closed curve into a plurality of sub-curves;
joining the root apex with points of a given one of the plurality of sub-curves to generate a respective segment of a plurality of segments of the 3D representation of the root portion, the plurality of segments of the 3D representation of the root portion comprising a totality thereof;
merging the 3D representation of the crown portion with the 3D representation of the root portion, thereby generating the 3D representation of the given tooth; and
storing the 3D representation of the given tooth in a memory device communicatively coupled with the processor.