Prioritization of three dimensional dental elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11864969-B2
Application number	US-202117346051-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2021
Priority date	May 13, 2011
Publication date	Jan 9, 2024
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure includes methods, systems, and devices for prioritization of three dimensional dental elements. One method for prioritizing three dimensional dental elements includes receiving a virtual initial dental data set (IDDS) of teeth having spatial information regarding the positions of a number of teeth in the virtual IDDS with respect to each other for presentation of the teeth in a virtual three dimensional space to be viewed on a user interface, setting prioritization values of a number of elements of one or more of the number of teeth, and prioritizing the number of elements to be selected by a user based upon their prioritization values.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for viewing three-dimensional (3D) dental elements, comprising:
a memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon; and
a processor coupled to the memory to execute the computer-readable instructions to:
receive a dental data set including spatial information regarding presentation of dental elements in a virtual 3D space to be viewed on a user interface, the dental elements including a first dental element and a second dental element;
display the first dental element and the second dental element such that the first dental element is in front of at least a portion of the second dental element, wherein the first dental element is at least partially transparent such that the at least a portion of the second dental element is visible through the first dental element, wherein a first reference point is movable along a surface of the first dental element in preference over the second dental; and
receive input from a user to move a second reference point, different from the first reference point, along a surface of the at least a portion of the second dental element without changing a transparency of the first dental element such that the second reference point is viewable through the first dental element.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first dental element and the second dental element are different teeth in a patient's dentition.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first dental element and the second dental element are different types of dental elements in a patient's dentition, the different types of dental elements including one or more of: gingiva, teeth and implants in the patient's dentition.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first dental element is a first tooth, and the second dental element is a second tooth, wherein the first reference point or the second reference point is a contact point of the first tooth and the second tooth.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first dental element is a first tooth, and the second dental element is a second tooth, wherein the first reference point is movable along an edge of the first tooth, and the second reference point is movable along an edge of the second tooth.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first dental element includes one or more teeth and the second dental element includes at least a portion of gingiva.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first reference point is adhered to the first dental element when the first reference point is movable along the surface of the first dental element, and wherein the second reference point is adhered to the second dental element when the second reference point is movable along the surface of the second dental element.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first reference point cannot be removed from the surface of the first dental element when the first reference point is movable along the surface of the first dental element, and the second reference point cannot be removed from the surface of the second dental element when the second reference point is movable along the surface of the second dental element.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer readable instructions further comprise instructions to label one or more landmarks on the at least a portion of the second dental element behind the first dental element.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the dental data set is a first dental data set, wherein the computer readable instructions further comprise instructions to transfer the one or more landmarks to a second dental data set that includes spatial information of the dental elements at a different time than the first dental data set.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein receiving the input from the user comprises receiving input from an input device, wherein the input device comprises a keyboard or a mouse.

12. A method of viewing three-dimensional (3D) dental elements, comprising:
receiving a dental data set including spatial information regarding presentation of dental elements in a virtual 3D space to be viewed on a user interface, the dental elements including a first dental element and a second dental element;
displaying the first dental element and the second dental element such that the first dental element is in front of at least a portion of the second dental element, wherein the first dental element is at least partially transparent such that the at least a portion of the second dental element is visible through the first dental element, wherein a first reference point is movable along a surface of the first dental element; and
receiving input from a user to move a second reference point, different from the first reference point, along a surface of the at least a portion of the second dental element without changing a transparency of the first dental element such that the second reference point is viewable through the first dental element.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first dental element and the second dental element are different teeth in a patient's dentition.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first dental element and the second dental element are different types of dental elements in a patient's dentition, the different types of dental elements including one or more of: gingiva, teeth and implants in the patient's dentition.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first dental element is a first tooth, and the second dental element is a second tooth, wherein the first reference point is movable along an edge of the first tooth, and the second reference point is movable along an edge of the second tooth.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first dental element includes one or more teeth and the second dental element includes at least a portion of gingiva.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first reference point is adhered to the first dental element when the first reference point is movable along the surface of the first dental element, and wherein the second reference point is adhered to the second dental element when the second reference point is movable along the surface of the second dental element.

18. A system for viewing three-dimensional (3D) dental elements, comprising:
a memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon; and
a processor coupled to the memory to execute the computer-readable instructions to:
receive a dental data set including spatial information regarding presentation of dental elements in a virtual 3D space to be viewed on a user interface, the dental elements including a first dental element and a second dental element;
display the first dental element and the second dental element such that the first dental element is in front of at least a portion of the second dental element, the first dental element rendered with a transparency that allows at least a portion of the second dental element to be visible through the first dental element, wherein a first reference point is adhered to and movable with respect to the first dental element; and
receive input from a user to move a second reference point along a surface of the second dental element and adhered to the second dental element without changing the transparency of the first dental element such that the second reference point is viewable through the first dental element.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the first dental element and the second dental element are different teeth in a dentition.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the first dental element and the second dental element are different types

Assignees

• Align Technology Inc

Inventors

• Kuo Eric E
• Kvasov Igor
• Egorova Anna
• Gagarin Sergey

Classifications

• G16H50/50

  for simulation or modelling of medical disorders · CPC title

• A61C7/002 Primary

  Orthodontic computer assisted systems · CPC title

• A61B1/00022

  removable · CPC title

• A61B1/000095

  for image enhancement · CPC title

• A61B1/24

  for the mouth, i.e. stomatoscopes, e.g. with tongue depressors; Instruments for opening or keeping open the mouth · CPC title