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Methods and apparatuses for dental images

  • US 10,595,966 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2017
  • Issued: 03/24/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for remotely and automatically pre-screening a patient for an orthodontic treatment prior to treatment by a dental professional, the method comprising:

  • guiding a user, with a mobile telecommunications device having a camera and a screen, to take a series of images of the patient'"'"'s teeth in a plurality of predetermined viewing angles by sequentially, for each predetermined viewing angle;

    displaying, on the screen, an overlay comprising an outline of teeth in one of the plurality of predetermined viewing angles, wherein the overlay is displayed atop an image of the series of images of the patient'"'"'s teeth; and

    capturing the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth when the overlay approximately matches the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth in the one of the predetermined viewing angles'"'"'s teeth;

    transmitting the captured images to a remote location to automatically determine if the patient is a candidate for the orthodontic treatment based on the captured images; and

    displaying, on the screen of the mobile telecommunications device, an indicator that the patient is, or is not, a candidate for the orthodontic treatment.

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