US 12,138,013 B2
Automatic generation of prosthodontic prescription
Ofer Saphier, Rechovot (IL); Pavel Agniashvili, Moscow (RU); Moti Ben-Dov, Tel Mond (IL); Ran Katz, Hod Hasharon (IL); Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US); Maxim Volgin, Moscow (RU); Doron Malka, Tel Aviv (IL); Avraham Zulti, Modiin (IL); Pavel Veryovkin, Krasnogorsk (RU); Maayan Moshe, Ramat Hasharon (IL); Ido Tishel, Kfar Bilu (IL); Adi Levin, Nes Tziona (IL); Shai Farkash, Hod Hasharon (IL); Inna Karapetyan, Modiin (IL); Dina Bova, Shaar Efraim (IL); Edi Fridman, Rishon le Zion (IL); and Jonathan Coslovsky, Rehovot (IL)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,855.
Application 17/390,855 is a continuation of application No. 17/230,825, filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/010,667, filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353152 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 5/004 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0033 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 5/7267 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an intraoral scanner to generate a plurality of intraoral scans of a patient; and
a computing device connected to the intraoral scanner via a wired or wireless connection, the computing device to:
receive the plurality of intraoral scans of the patient;
determine a three-dimensional surface of at least a portion of one or more dental arch of the patient using the plurality of intraoral scans;
automatically determine, based on an analysis of at least one of the three-dimensional surface or one or more intraoral scans of the plurality of intraoral scans, one or more teeth to be treated and a presence of a restorative dental object associated with the one or more teeth, wherein the restorative dental object comprises one of a scan body, a dental implant or a preparation tooth that has been ground to receive a dental prosthesis; and
automatically generate a prescription for performing a prosthodontic treatment on the one or more teeth based at least in part on the presence of the restorative dental object and a location of the restorative dental object on the one or more dental arch of the patient, wherein the prosthodontic treatment comprises design, manufacture and installation of a dental prosthesis associated with the restorative dental object.