Improved dental models and occlusion mapping

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025381016-A1
Application number	US-202519236655-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 12, 2025
Priority date	Jun 13, 2024
Publication date	Dec 18, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method may include receiving a 3D model of the patient's upper jaw, receiving a 3D model of the patient's lower jaw, and receiving a model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw. The method may also include adjusting a shape of the one or both of the 3D model of the patient's upper jaw and the 3D model of the patient's lower jaw based on the model of the model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw and fitting, after adjusting, the 3D model of the patient's upper jaw and the 3D model of the patient's upper jaw. The method may also include generating occlusion map for the patient based on the fitting of the adjusted model of the upper law and the adjusted model of the lower jaw.

First claim

1 . A system for correcting an intraoral scan, comprising:
an intraoral scanner comprising a handheld wand and one or more processors and memory comprising instructions that when executed by one or more of the processors causes the system to carry out a method comprising: receiving stitched 3D scan data of a patient's upper jaw; receiving stitched 3D scan data of a patient's lower jaw; receiving a model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw; adjusting a shape of the one or both of the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw based on the model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw to correct for accumulated errors in the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the stitched 3D scan data of a patient's upper jaw is a 3D model of the patient's upper jaw and the stitched 3D scan data of a patient's lower jaw is a 3D model of the patient's lower jaw.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein 3D model of the patient's upper jaw includes all teeth of the upper jaw of the patient and the receiving a 3D model of the patient's lower jaw includes all teeth of the lower jaw of the patient.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw includes anterior teeth.

5 . The system of claim 2 , wherein 3D model of the patient's upper jaw includes fewer than all teeth of the upper jaw of the patient and the receiving a 3D model of the patient's lower jaw includes fewer than all teeth of the lower jaw of the patient.

6 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the 3D model of the patient's upper jaw and the 3D model of the patient's lower jaw are adjusted in width, length, or height.

7 . The system of claim 2 , wherein adjusting the 3D model of the patient's upper jaw and the 3D model of the patient's lower jaw are adjusted using a distortion function that adjusts one or more parameters of the 3D model of the patient's upper jaw or 3D model of the patient's lower jaw.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the distortion function is constrained by one or more loss functions.

9 . A system for correcting an intraoral scan, comprising:
an intraoral scanner comprising a handheld wand and one or more processors and memory comprising instructions that when executed by one or more of the processors causes the system to carry out a method comprising: receiving stitched 3D scan data of a patient's upper jaw; receiving stitched 3D scan data of a patient's lower jaw; receiving a model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw; adjusting a shape of the one or both of the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw based on the model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw; output an occlusion map for the patient based on the adjusted 3D scan data for the upper jaw in occlusion with the adjusted 3D scan data of the lower jaw.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw further comprises estimating an accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and an accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw based on the accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw based on the accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw further comprises assigning weights of one or more parameters of the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw based on the accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and assigning weights of one or more parameters of 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw based on the accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein estimating the accuracies are based on an existence or size of an endentuous region in the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw or of the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the estimating the accuracies is based on an overlap of scan data associated with the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw or of the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw.

14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein estimating the accuracies is based on amount of scan data associated with the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw or of the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw.

15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein estimating the accuracies is based on palatal region included within the scan the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw further comprises estimating a relative accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw with respect to the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw based on the relative accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw compared to the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw further comprises assigning weights of one or more parameters of 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw based on the relative accuracy of 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw compared to the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw.

18 . A method of treating a patient's dentition, comprising:
receiving stitched 3D scan data of a patient's upper jaw; receiving stitched 3D scan data of a patient's lower jaw; receiving a model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw; adjusting a shape of the one or both of the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw based on the model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion with the patient's lower jaw; generating a 3D model of a restorative object based on the adjusted shape of one or both of the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and the stitched 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw; outputting the 3D model of the restorative object for fabrication of the restorative object.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising generating an occlusion map for the patient based on the adjusted 3D scan data of the upper jaw in occlusion with the adjusted 3D scan data of the lower jaw, wherein the occlusion map is applied to a 3D model of the patient's dentition.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein model of the patient's upper jaw in occlusion includes lingual surfaces of the patient's upper and lower jaw.

21 . The method of claim 18 , wherein adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw further comprises estimating a relative accuracy of the 3D scan data of the patient's upper jaw with respect to the 3D scan data of the patient's lower jaw and adjusting the 3D scan data of the patien

Assignees

• Align Technology Inc

Inventors

• Kopelman Avi
• Saphier Ofer

Classifications

• A61C9/0053 Primary

  Optical means or methods, e.g. scanning the teeth by a laser or light beam · CPC title