Smile designer
US8545221B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30036
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Various methods and systems for designing a restored smile are provided. One method includes receiving scan data of a patient's teeth, developing a digital model of the patient's teeth via a computing device, where the model represents the patient's teeth based upon the scan data, creating a dental treatment plan to restore one or more teeth from an initial condition to a successive condition, and wherein a final condition of the one or more is based on the one or more teeth having at least one planned additional restorative tooth structure provided therewith.
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