Visualizing and Manipulating Digital Models for Dental Treatment
First Claim
1. A method for visualizing and manipulating a three-dimensional digital dental model, the method comprising:
- viewing the three-dimensional digital dental model; and
using hand gestures to instruct a computer to manipulate one or more teeth in the digital dental model.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for visualizing and manipulating three-dimensional digital dental models and related methods and apparatus for dental treatments are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for visualizing and manipulating a three-dimensional digital dental model may comprise viewing the three-dimensional digital dental model and using hand gestures to instruct a computer to manipulate one or more teeth in the digital dental model. In other aspects, a dental treatment method may comprise viewing a three-dimensional digital model, using hand gestures, a conventional keyboard, and/or a conventional mouse to instruct a computer to manipulate one or more teeth in the digital model to generate a three-dimensional digital model of a modified arrangement of the subject'"'"'s teeth, and fabricating one or more dental aligners configured to reposition the subject'"'"'s teeth into the modified arrangement. Viewing may comprise stereoscopically viewing a digital dental model.
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1. A method for visualizing and manipulating a three-dimensional digital dental model, the method comprising:
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viewing the three-dimensional digital dental model; and using hand gestures to instruct a computer to manipulate one or more teeth in the digital dental model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A dental treatment method comprising:
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acquiring a three-dimensional digital model of a current arrangement of a subject'"'"'s teeth; viewing the three-dimensional digital model of the current arrangement; using hand gestures to instruct a computer to manipulate one or more teeth in the digital model of the current arrangement to generate a three-dimensional digital model of a modified arrangement of the subject'"'"'s teeth; and fabricating one or more dental aligners configured to reposition the subject'"'"'s teeth into the modified arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A dental treatment method comprising:
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stereoscopically viewing a three-dimensional digital model of an arrangement of a subject'"'"'s teeth; manipulating one or more teeth in the digital model to generate a three-dimensional digital model of a modified arrangement of the subject'"'"'s teeth; and fabricating one or more dental aligners to reposition the subject'"'"'s teeth into the modified arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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